Poecilia formosa

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Poecilia formosa, commonly known as the Amazon molly, is a small freshwater fish notable for its all-female, gynogenetic reproduction, relying on sperm from related species to trigger development of its clonal offspring.

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Poecilia formosa canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish species ⓘ
ray-finned fish ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ
belongsToSubfamily Poeciliinae ⓘ
linked to: Poeciliidae
bodySize small ⓘ
chromosomeNumber 46 ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName Amazon molly ⓘ
conservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
describedInYear 1936 ⓘ
developmentType ovoviviparous ⓘ
discoveredBy Carl Leavitt Hubbs ⓘ
family Poeciliidae ⓘ
fertilizationType internal fertilization ⓘ
finType soft-rayed fins ⓘ
genus Poecilia ⓘ
geographicRegion Gulf of Mexico coastal drainages ⓘ
habitat coastal lagoons ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
streams ⓘ
hybridParents Poecilia latipinna ⓘ
Poecilia mexicana ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lateralLine present ⓘ
namedBy Carl Leavitt Hubbs ⓘ
nativeRange northeastern Mexico ⓘ
southern United States ⓘ
nativeToCountry Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
offspringGenetics clonal offspring ⓘ
order Cyprinodontiformes ⓘ
origin hybrid species ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
ploidy diploid ⓘ
reproductionType asexual reproduction ⓘ
reproductiveMode all-female reproduction ⓘ
gynogenesis ⓘ
requiresSpermFrom Poecilia latipinna ⓘ
Poecilia mexicana ⓘ
sexualSystem all-female ⓘ
unisexual ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
usedAsModelOrganismIn evolutionary biology ⓘ
genetics ⓘ
reproductive biology ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poecilia → hasNotableSpecies → Poecilia formosa ⓘ