Group care guide
Livebearers (guppies, mollies, platies and swordtails)
- Planted tanks with gentle flow; mollies appreciate harder, slightly brackish water.
- Flake foods with plant matter, plus live or frozen foods.
No federal permit
Blackbelly limia
Limia melanogaster
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Dusky millions fish
Phalloceros caudimaculatus
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Green swordtail
Xiphophorus hellerii
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Guppy
Poecilia reticulata
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Humpbacked limia
Limia nigrofasciata
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Least killifish
Heterandria formosa
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Metallic livebearer
Girardinus metallicus
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Molly
Poecilia sphenops
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Sail-fin molly
Poecilia velifera
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Sailfin molly
Poecilia latipinna
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Southern platyfish
Xiphophorus maculatus
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Variable platyfish
Xiphophorus variatus
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Endlers guppy
Poecilia wingei
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Knife livebearer
Alfaro cultratus
Aquarium hobby
Beginner
No federal permit
Orange dwarf toothcarp
Neoheterandria elegans
Aquarium hobby
Beginner