"Poecilia" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Poecilia" Meaning

Poecilia is a genus of live-bearing fish in the family Poeciliidae. Poecilia is a genus of small freshwater fish that includes the guppy, molly, and platy.

"Poecilia" Examples

Sentence Usage Examples Some species of poecilia only live for roughly 6-8 months in the wild, although their average lifespan range is seen to increase in captives up to one year or more. The influence of evolution has species such as the 'Swordtail Molly', a hybrid poecilia which is easily recognized due to the shape of their tails resembling a sword. About 30 species of Poecilia still remain unclassified under the taxonomy currently believed to be undergoing some changes as the classification of the brightly coloured males continues to evolve. The guppy is a popular vertebrate kept as an aquarium indicator species which hails from the same genus – poecilia – and is in some taxonomic classrooms believed to be more closely related than generally admitted. With the aid of human intervention some hybridised forms of poecilia encountered in nature have resulted in viable offspring successive generations apart.