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Amazon molly
| Amazon molly | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Poecilia |
| Species: | P. formosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Poecilia formosa (Girard, 1859)
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The Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) is a freshwater fish native to the warm waters of northeastern Mexico and the southern parts of the U.S. state of Texas.[1][3] It reproduces through gynogenesis, and essentially all individuals are females. The common name of "Amazon molly," acknowledges this trait as a reference to the Amazon warriors, a female-run society in Greek mythology.[4] The Amazon molly is a hybrid species, and its parent species are the sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna) and the Atlantic molly (Poecilia mexicana).[5] In 1932, this species was the first vertebrate confirmed to be capable of asexual reproduction.[6]
Poecilia formosa gets its name from the Greek poikilos meaning "variegated" or "speckled," and the Latin formosa meaning "beautiful."[7]
- ^ a b NatureServe.; Daniels, A. (2019). "Poecilia formosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T191747A130033075. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191747A130033075.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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Schlupp et al. 2007was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Costa, Gabriel C.; Schlupp, Ingo (8 June 2010). "Biogeography of the Amazon Molly: Ecological Niche and the Range of Limits of an Asexual Hybrid Species". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 19 (4): 442–451. doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00546.x.
- ^ Hubbs, Carl L.; Hubbs, Laura C. (30 December 1932). "Apparent Parthenogenesis in Nature, in a Form of Fish of Hybrid Origin". Science. 76 (1983): 628–630. doi:10.1126/science.76.1983.628.
- ^ Leo, Nico; Neilson, Matt. "Amazon Molly (Poecilia formosa) - Species Profile". Nonindigenous Aquatic Species. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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