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#tiktok #tiktoksong @mrshunt777 Swordtail Fish 🐟🐠🐡 Belongs to the group of livebearer fish scientifically classified as Poecillidae #poecillidae #swordtailfish #aquariumfish #aquarium https://www.instagram.com/p/CUR0y7ZBTOx/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Poecilia vandepolli

...a species of molly that is native to Northern Ecuador, Aruba and other surrounding islands. Like other members of the genus Poecilia this species can survive and live in both marine and freshwater habitats, although they tend to prefer freshwater. P.vandepolli is a benthopelagic feeder and will pluck small insects, invertebrates and vegetation off the bottom. 

Like other mollies this species is semi-popular in the aquarium trade and can be kept in freshwater, brackish, and saltwater aquariums.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Chordata-Actinopterygii-Cyprinodontiformes-Poeciliidae-Poeciliinae-Poecilia-P.vanderpolli

Images: Adeljean L.F.C Ho and Steffen Born