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- Poecilia
Poecilia(Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Guppy
- Lebistes
- Molly
- n: Guppies
- n: Mollies
- n: Poecilias
NIM when experimental animal
A genus of livebearing cyprinodont fish comprising the guppy and molly. Some species are virtually all female and depend on sperm from other species to stimulate egg development. Poecilia is used in carcinogenicity studies as well as neurologic and physiologic research.
91(87); was see under CYPRINODONTIFORMES 1987-90