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The vernacular name for Alfaro cultratus, knife livebearer, comes from the two knife-shaped rows of scales near the tail on the lower end of the fish. [2] It is known as olomina in Costa Rica , [ 3 ] as are many similar fish.
Live-bearing fish exhibit either vivipary or ovovivipary and sometimes both. Note : If a species or grouping of fish species appears here and is known to be either ovoviviparous or viviparous please redirect to the relevant category.
Livebearers are fish that retain their eggs inside the body and give birth to live, free-swimming young. They are especially prized by aquarium owners. They are especially prized by aquarium owners. Among aquarium fish, livebearers are nearly all members of the family Poeciliidae and include: guppies , mollies , platies and swordtails .
In 1963, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department was formed through merger of the State Parks Board and the Game and Fish Commission. [8] In 1983, the Texas legislature passed the Wildlife Conservation Act, giving the department the authority for managing fish and wildlife resources in all Texas counties.
Texas A&M University at Galveston describes snapper eels as having cylindrical body types that can grow to 6 feet in length. The teeth of snapper eels are called “canine-like.” The teeth of ...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has released nearly 1 billion saltwater fish into Texas bays over the last 40 years — an effort to revitalize historic fisheries and recover native fish ...
Area 1: Panhandle/High Plains Wildlife District [1] [2] includes five WMAs; Area 2: Prairies and Lakes [3] Area 3: Pineywoods [4] Area 4: Gulf Coast [5] Area 5: South Texas Plains [6] Area 6: Hill Country [7] Area 7: Big Bend Country [8] There is some confusion as there are also listed eight Wildlife Management Areas [9] that roughly coincide ...
Heterandria formosa is one of the smallest fish and smallest vertebrates known to science. [7] Males grow to about 2 centimeters (0.8 inches), while females grow a little larger, to about 3 centimeters (1.2 inches). [7] [10] The fish is generally an olive color, with a dark horizontal stripe through the center of the body.