Onesided livebearer

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iOnesided livebearers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Anablepidae
Genus: Jenynsia
Günther, 1866
Species

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Jenynsia is a genus of freshwater fishes in the family Anablepidae. They are closely related to the four-eyed fishes (genus Anableps) and, like them, are onesided livebearers: they only mate on one side, right-"handed" males with left-"handed" females and vice versa [1].

[edit] Species

  • Jenynsia alternimaculata (Fowler, 1940).
  • Jenynsia eigenmanni (Haseman, 1911).
  • Jenynsia eirmostigma Ghedotti & Weitzman, 1995.
  • Jenynsia lineata (Jenyns, 1842).
  • Jenynsia maculata Regan, 1906.
  • Rio de la Plata onesided livebearer, Jenynsia multidentata (Jenyns, 1842).
  • Jenynsia onca Lucinda, Reis & Quevedo, 2002.
  • Jenynsia pygogramma Boulenger, 1902.
  • Jenynsia sanctaecatarinae Ghedotti & Weitzman, 1996.
  • Jenynsia tucumana Aguilera & Mirande, 2005.
  • Jenynsia unitaenia Ghedotti & Weitzman, 1995.
  • Jenynsia weitzmani Ghedotti, Meisner & Lucinda, 2001.

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