live-bearing fish

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• Live-bearing aquarium fish — Live bearing aquarium fish, often simply called livebearers, are fish that retain the eggs inside the body and give birth to live, free swimming young. Because the newborn fish are relatively large compared to the fry of oviparous fish, they are… …   Wikipedia

• Fish anatomy — The anatomy of fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of water, which is much denser than air, holds a relatively small amount of dissolved oxygen, and absorbs light more than air does. Body (1) operculum (gill cover), (2)… …   Wikipedia

• Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… …   Universalium

• live-bearer — ▪ fish       any of the numerous live bearing topminnows of the family Poeciliidae (order Atheriniformes), found only in the New World and most abundantly in Mexico and Central America. Most of the many species are rather elongated, and all are… …   Universalium

• fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with …   Universalium

• Fish as food — This page is about the use of fish as food; for other uses of the word, see Fish (disambiguation) Fish as food describes the edible parts of freshwater and saltwater dwelling, cold blooded vertebrates with gills. Shellfish, such as mollusks and… …   Wikipedia

• mosquito fish — ▪ fish  (species Gambusia affinis), live bearing topminnow of the family Poeciliidae (see live bearer), native to freshwaters of the southeastern United States but widely introduced in other parts of the world for mosquito control. The hardy… …   Universalium

• Diversity of fish — Fish come in many shapes and sizes. This is a sea dragon, a close relative of the seahorse. They are camouflaged to look like floating seaweed.[1][2][3] …   Wikipedia

• Tree fish — Tree Tree (tr[=e]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre[ o], tre[ o]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[=e], OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr[=e], Dan. tr[ae], Sw. tr[ a], tr[ a]d, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a tree,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Seawolf (fish) — Taxobox name = Atlantic wolffish image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Anarhichadidae genus = Anarhichas species = A. lupus binomial = Anarhichas lupus binomial authority =… …   Wikipedia

• One Life to Live minor families — For related performers, see List of One Life to Live characters. Though the American soap opera One Life to Live has focused predominantly on the families of Victoria Lord, Asa Buchanan and Dorian Cramer Lord, many other families have played a… …   Wikipedia