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Preferred term

Cyprinodontiformes  

Type

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Definition

  • An order of fish with eight families and numerous species of both egg-laying and livebearing fish. Families include Cyprinodontidae (egg-laying KILLIFISHES;), FUNDULIDAEl; (topminnows), Goodeidae (Mexican livebearers), Jenynsiidae (jenynsiids), Poeciliidae (livebearers), Profundulidae (Middle American killifishes), Aplocheilidae, and Rivulidae (rivulines). In the family Poeciliidae, the guppy and molly belong to the genus POECILIA.

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Entry terms

  • txid28738
  • txid33527
  • txid8082

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-M7R02B47-J

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