| Cauca Molly | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Poecilia |
| Species: | P. caucana |
| Binomial name | |
| Poecilia caucana |
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The cauca molly, Poecilia caucana, is a fish in the Poeciliidae family, also called South American molly and Mollieniesia caucana.
This fish comes from Panama, Venezuela and Colombia, where it lives in shallow waters. Poecilia caucana eats mosquito larvae and algae. The species prefers a water temperature around 22 to 25°C and a pH of 6.5 to 7.2.