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  • livebearer

    A fish species exhibiting ovoviviparity or viviparity.

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  • breeding trap

    Net or plastic container suspended or floated in an aquarium and used to isolate gravid female livebearers or fry collected from the main aquarium. Available in a number of designs, with plastic ones generally containing two compartments separated by a grille or opening large enough that fry, but not adults, can pass through.

  • shimmies

    Behavioural symptom that indicates deteriorating water quality or disease in which an individual appears listless with fins normally clamped to the body and displays an abnormal, 'shimmying' swimming action. Particularly typical in poeciliid livebearers.

  • yolk sac viviparity

    Form of livebearing in which the larvae are mostly nourished by a yolk sac which is fully-absorbed prior to birth.