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Livebearers
Poeciliidae
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Poeciliidae (livebearers) is a family of
ray-finned fish
.
EOL has data for
30 attributes
, including:
ecomorphological guild
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
Definition:
organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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nectonic
URI:
http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Nekton
Definition:
Active swimming organisms that live in the water column and are able to move independently of the water mass (adapted from Lincoln et al., 1998).
Attribution:
http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Nekton
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habitat includes
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
Definition:
The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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freshwater
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition:
A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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motility
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
Definition:
ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
Definition:
Organisms that move habitually, of their own volition.
Attribution:
http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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skeletal tissue composition
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000106
Definition:
The composition of a skeletal tissue.
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hydroxylapatite
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52255
Definition:
A phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH).
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trophic level
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicLevel
Definition:
The position an organism occupies in a food chain.
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omnivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509
Definition:
organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals
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livebearers includes
32 children
:
Procatopus Boulenger 1904
Hypsopanchax Myers 1924
Lamprichthys Regan 1911
Plataplochilus Ahl 1928
Girardinus Poey 1854
Priapella Regan 1913
Fluviphylax Whitley 1965
Neoheterandria Henn 1916
Tomeurus Eigenmann 1909
Phallotorynus Henn 1916
Pamphorichthys Regan 1913
Lacustricola Myers 1924
Heterophallus Regan 1914
Platypanchax Ahl 1928
Rhexipanchax Huber 1999
Poeciliinae Bonaparte 1831
Aplocheilichthyinae Myers 1928
Procatopodinae Fowler 1916
Dextripenis Turner 1940
Phallatorynus fasciolatus
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