Livebearers

Basically, a livebearer is a fish that gives birth to live young after internal fertilization.  This means that the males have a modified anal fin to accomplish this. Depending on the species, these have different names (e.g. gonopodium or andropodium).


Fish I currently keep:
Poecilia reticulata (guppy)
 Xiphophorus evelynae
Brachyrhaphis holdridgei 'Caño Palma'   
Xiphophorus maculatus (platy)
 Xiphophorus helleri (Swordtail)
Ameca splendens
 Skiffia lermae


Formerly kept:
Characodon lateralis 'Abraham Gonzales'
Dermogenys ebrardtii (Ebrart's halfbeak)
Gambusia marshi
 Heterandria formosa (lesser killifish)
Limia rivasi Poecilia chica (Dwarf mollies)
Skiffia multipunctata
 Xenotoca variata
Xiphophorus multilineatus (Striped swordtail)
 Xiphophorus couchianus
Xiphophorus variatus (variatus platy)
Xiphophorus netzahualcoyotl (Neza Sword)
Poecilia latipinna (Sailfin mollies) Xiphophorus montezumae
Xenoophorus captivus


Last updated July 30, 2011