poeciliid

English Thesaurus

1. small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	cypriniform fish,
definition	:	a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	gambusia affinis, mosquitofish,
definition	:	silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	platy, platypoecilus maculatus,
definition	:	small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	mollie, molly,
definition	:	popular aquarium fish (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family poeciliidae, poeciliidae,
definition	:	topminnows (noun.animal)