The Poeciliidae or Livebearing tooth-carp family originated from North, Central, and SouthAmerica, but now can be found worldwide, as they have been introduced for mosquito control.The fish of the Poeciliidae Family arethe best-known of all aquarium fish due to their relative ease of keep, and the many colorful, cultivated varietiesavailable.
Live-bearers are highly developed on an evolutionary scale, and their adaption gives theirlive young an advantage over egg-laying species.The genera of Poeciliidae that are most commonly kept in aquaria are Belonesox, Limia, Poecilia , and Xiphophorus .

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Knife Livebearer, Knife-edged Livebearer
(Alfaro cultratus)

Opal allotoca, Bumblebee Goodeid
(Allotoca dugesii)

Butterfly splitfin
(Ameca splendens)

Four-eyed fish
(Anableps anableps)

Pike livebearer
(Belonesox belizanus)

Half beak
(Dermogenys pusilla)

African Freshwater Pipefish
(Enneacampus ansorgii)

Mosquitofish
(Gambusia affinis)

Goldbelly topminnow
(Girardinus falcatus)

Metallic livebearer
(Girardinus metallicus)

Least Killifish
(Heterandria formosa)

Black-bellied Limia
(Limia melanogaster)

Blackbarred limia
(Limia nigrofasciata)

Elegant poeciliid, Tiger Teddy
(Neoheterandria elegans)

Celebes halfbeak
(Nomorhamphus liemi)

Merry Widow
(Phallichthys amates)

One-spot Livebearer
(Phalloceros caudimaculatus)

Para molly
(Poecilia parae)

Swamp Guppy
(Poecilia picta)

Guppy
(Poecilia reticulata)

Black molly
(Poecilia sphenops)

Sailfin molly
(Poecilia velifera)

Endler's Livebearer, Endler
(Poecilia wingei)

(Priapella intermedia)

Redtail splitfin
(Xenotoca eiseni)

Swordtail
(Xiphophorus helleri)

Platy
(Xiphophorus maculatus)

Montezuma swordtail
(Xiphophorus montezumae)

Mountain swordatail
(Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl)

Variegated platy
(Xiphophorus variatus)

Tequila splitfin
(Zoogoneticus tequila)