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Contents
Fish
Mollies (Poecilia)
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Mollies
(Genus Poecilia)
Goliad Farms,
LP,
raises a large variety of healthy, well-conditioned
mollies in our indoor, climate-controlled facilities. The mollies
include those species that used to be in the genus Mollienesia, but are
now included in the genus Poecilia (click
here for more information about the genus and mollies). Despite the
reclassification of mollies into Poecilia, the abbreviation
"molly" stuck. The genus Poecilia
also includes guppies. Mollies are related to the platies, swordtails, Limias
and other Poeciliidae.
Below is a table
listing the mollies Goliad Farms produces or grows out. Click on the name of a
species/variety for specific information about that particular species/variety.
We have chosen to use common names in the contents bar since these are the names
that most tropical fish hobbyists are familiar with, but, we have included the
scientific name in parentheses after the common name. We have chosen to use the
common names used by "Dr. Axelrod's ATLAS of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes" since it is
as close to being ubiquitous as any other aquarium hobby book. In
reference to scientific names, as with all hobbyists, we struggle to
keep up with the seemingly constant reclassification of tropical fish. So,
bear with us on scientific names. We attempt to use consensus names, but
we can't always keep up with the changes.
All scientific names (genus
and species) are in italic
fonts. Common names are in a non-italic font. If the scientific
name is omitted, then we are not sure of the scientific
identification of the fish.
Page last modified December 24, 2007.
Copyright © 2007, Goliad Farms, LP
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