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Sailfin Molly (female)
Poecilia latipinna
20.3491, -87.6327
Field Notes
Description:
Photo take at -20 ft in a Isolated Sinkhole or "Cenote", this is the most common fresh water fish in the area, small around 10 cm long has a bright gold color.
Habitat:
They inhabit fresh, brackish, and coastal waters from North Carolina to Texas and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. Preferring marshes, lowland streams, swamps, and estuaries, the sailfin molly is very common in peninsular Florida. Non-indigenous populations are established in New Zealand, in the western U.S. and in Hawaii
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Sailfin molly
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PublishedMarch 6, 2013
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