Is My Fish A Livebearer?

[afishdude]

This is a general list of livebearing species.


Guppy
Guppy - Poecilia reticulata

Endler's- Poecilia wingei

Tomeurus gracilis


Molly
Almindelig Molly- Poecilia sphenops

Balloon Molly- Poecilia latipinna

Amazon Molly- Poecilia formosa

Atlantic molly- Poecilia mexicana

Balsas molly- Poecilia maylandi

Bicolor molly- Poecilia catemaconis

Elegant Molly- Poecilia elegans

Broadspotted molly- Poecilia latipunctata

Butler-molly- Poecilia butleri

Catemaco molly- Poecilia catemaconis

Cauca-molly- Poecilia caucana

Costa Rica-Molly- Poecilia gillii

Cuban molly- Limia vittata

Dominika-Molly- Limia dominicensis

Dwarf molly- Poecilia chica

Giant sailfin molly- Poecilia velifera

Gills molly- Poecilia gillii

Hispaniola molly- Poecilia hispaniolana

Hule molly- Poecilia mexicana

Liberty molly- Poecilia salvatoris

Poecilia latipinna

Mangrove molly- Poecilia orri

Maylands molly- Poecilia maylandi

Mini-molly- Pamphorichthys minor

Poecilia vivipara

Molly del Tamesi- Poecilia latipunctata

Molly miller- Scartella cristata

Labrisomus nuchipinnis

Bathygobius soporator

Mountain molly- Poecilia teresae

Para-molly- Micropoecilia bifurca

Para-molly- Micropoecilia parae

Peten molly- Poecilia petenensis


Other
Catemaco livebearer - Xiphophorus milleri

Celebes Halfbeak - Nomorhamphus liemi

Wrestling Halfbeak- Dermogenys spp.

Red fin halfbeak- Nomorhamphus ebrardtii

Dwarf livebearer - Heterandria formosa

Western Mosquito Fish - Gambusia affinis

Tiburon-limia- Limia Tridens

Poeciliidae
Brachyrhaphis cascajalensis

Brachyrhaphis episcopi

Brachyrhaphis hartwegi

Brachyrhaphis hessfeldi

Brachyrhaphis holdridgei

Brachyrhaphis olomina

Brachyrhaphis parismina

Brachyrhaphis punctifer

Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora

Brachyrhaphis roseni

Brachyrhaphis roswithae

Brachyrhaphis terrabensis

Xenophallus umbratilis


Goodeidae
Butterfly Goodeid- Ameca Splendens

Elfin Goodeid- Skiffia bilineata

Allodontichthys hubbsi

Allodontichthys polylepis

Allodontichthys tamazulae

Allodontichthys zonistius

Alloophorus regalis

Alloophorus robusstus

Allotoca diazi

Allotoca dugesi

Allotoca goslinei

Allotoca maculata

Chapalichthys audax

Chapalichthys germani

Chapalichthys lateralis

Girardinichthys multiradiatus

Girardinichthys viviparus

Goodea atripinnis atripinnis

Goodea atripinnis garcilis

Goodea atripinnis luttpoldi

Goodea atripinnis martini

Goodea atripinnis xaliscone

Goodea toweri

Hubbsina turneri

Ilyodon ameca

Ilyodon furcidens

Ilyodon lennoni

Ilyodon whitei

Ilyodon xantusi

Neoophorus catarinae

Neoophorus daizi

Neoophorus meeki

Skiffa francesae

Skiffa lermae

Skiffa multipunctatus

Xenotoca eiseni

Xenotoca melanosoma

Xenotoca variata

Xenoophorus captivus

Xenotaenia resolanae

Zoogoneticus quitzeoensis

Zoogoneticus tequila


Xiphophorus
Swordtail
Swordtail - Xiphophorus helleri

Highland Swordtail - Xiphophorus malinche

Comma Swordtail - Xiphophorus signum

Cortes Swordtail - Xiphophorus cortezi

Montezuma Swordtail - Xiphophorus montezumae

Northern Mountain Swordtail - Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl

Al Abra Pygme Swordtail - Xiphophorus nigrensis

Slender Pygme Swordtail - Xiphophorus pygmaeus

Sheepshead Swordtail - Xiphophorus birchmanni

Uplands Swordtail - Xiphophorus alvarezi

El Qince Swordtail - Xiphophorus continens

Yellow Swordtail - Xiphophorus clemenciae

Chiapas swordtail- Xiphophorus alvarezi

Green swordtail - Xiphophorus hellerii

Yellow swordtail- Xiphophorus clemenciae

Delicate swordtail- Xiphophorus cortezi

Marbled swordtail- Xiphophorus meyeri

Mixe swordtail- Xiphophorus mixei

Montezuma swordtail- Xiphophorus montezumae

Southern mountain swordtail- Xiphophorus monticolus

Xiphophorus multilineatus

Mountain swordatail- Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl

Panuco swordtail- Xiphophorus nigrensis

Pygmy swordtail- Xiphophorus pygmaeus

Panuco swordtail- Xiphophorus nigrensis


Platy
Platyfish - Xiphophorus Maculatus

Speckled Platyfish - Xiphophorus kosszanderi

Spike Tail Platyfish - Xiphophorus xiphidium

Rio Aloyac Platyfish - Xiphophorus andersi

Rosens Hybrid platyfish - Xiphophorus roseni

Muzquiz Platyfish - Xiphophorus meyeri

Northern Platy - Xiphophorus gordoni

Monterrey Platy - Xiphophorus couchianus

Highland platy - Xiphophorus evelynae

Short-sword platyfish- Xiphophorus continens

Puebla platyfish- Xiphophorus evelynae

Catemaco platyfish- Xiphophorus milleri

Variable platyfish- Xiphophorus variatus

Swordtail platyfish- Xiphophorus xiphidium



If you have any livebearers that you wish to add to the list, please leave a reply or PM ME

 

[OldMan47]

Sorry to have to tell you Afishdude but that is far from a complete list.
Where are the Brachyrhaphis roseni, the Limia melanogasters, the Limia perugia, the Xenotoca eiseni, the Xenoophorus captivus, the Skiffia francesae, the Xenotaenia resolanae, the Ilyodon whitei, the Goodea gracilis, etc.? All but the Skiffia in that list are in my own tanks and are definitely livebearers. You also left out the other 20 or so mollies. I didn't even list the exceptions that you left out of the goodeid group of fish except the few that I keep. There are somewhere between 30 and 40 other goodeids, I don't feel like looking up the names right now. Your Xiphophorus list is fairly complete compared to the goodeid listing but it includes a single hybrid while there are so many hybrids that none of us could begin to list them all.

 

[afishdude]

Give me some in a list like I have and I'll add them.

 

[OldMan47]

You can find a list of the Xiphophorus here http/xiphophorus.org/images.htm

There is a fair list of goodeids here http/www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Goodeidae

You can search by groups here by putting in just the Genus name and going through the list of results When I tried Brachyrhaphis I got 13 valid hits including my roseni. http/www.fishbase.org/search.php A quick search of poecilia resulted in several full screens. Gambusia gave me 2 full screens.

I am sure there are other ways to find information but I prefer to use somewhat reliable sources, not Google searches or wikipedia. Those are fine for giving you a start with a scientific name so that you can search easier in other places though.

So far I have ignored all the salt water livebearers because there will be more than you will want to type out.

 

[afishdude]

I'll continue to add more when I am feeling better.

 

[helterskelter]

Goodeidae list

http/livingfish.co.uk/livebearers/goodealist.htm

 

[afishdude]

Updated

 

[fry_forever!]

Well, I thought this was a pretty good post. Though I'm not very smart...

 

[afishdude]

I thought it would be good to have a list of livebearers on the forum. Seemed like a good idea to me.

 

[afishdude]

Anyone have any comments/fish to add?