Fish Profiles | Sailfin Molly

Fish Profiles | Sailfin Molly

Brackish

Sailfin mollies are characterized by their large, fan-like dorsal fins, especially prominent in males. They come in various colors, including shades of black, silver, and gold. The males are usually more colorful than the females.

Black "Fish" Friday Deals | Black Mollies

Black "Fish" Friday Deals | Black Mollies

Announcements
Congratulations on finding the first of our limited-time-only BLACK FRIDAY deals! The Molly is a very popular community tropical fish. This is one of many different variations of the Molly you can pick from.
Fish Profiles: Garra Rufa Fish

Fish Profiles: Garra Rufa Fish

Cyprinidae
In the wild, Garra Rufa fish, as well as other species like Mollies, will nibble on your feet if you dip your feet into a pool or around harbours, etc. This can be quite entertaining, but why someone would want to monetise this into a health care regime is beyond us.
Classifying Fishes: Order Cyprinodontiformes

Classifying Fishes: Order Cyprinodontiformes

Cyprinodontiformes
The order Cyprinodontiformes contains the livebearers - fish that give birth to live fry rather than lay eggs, killifishes and a handful of other families.
OATA Care Guide: Guppies, Swordtails, Mollies & Platies

OATA Care Guide: Guppies, Swordtails, Mollies & Platies

Care Sheets

OATA produce a good range of free care sheets for coldwater, tropical freshwater and marine fish as well as for invertebrates, aquatic reptiles and plants. This group are known as livebearers because unusually for fish the females give birth to free swimming live fry (ovoviviparous) rather than laying eggs.

Can you keep Mollies in salt water aquariums?

Can you keep Mollies in salt water aquariums?

Livebearers
Mollies, Poecilia Sphenops, are a popular tropical fish choice for community aquariums. They are simple to keep, easy to breed, and available in a wide range of colours and sub-types.