Definition of Family Poeciliidae

1. Noun. Topminnows.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Poeciliidae

family Plasmodiophoraceae
family Plataleidae
family Platanaceae
family Platanistidae
family Platycephalidae
family Plethodontidae
family Pleurobrachiidae
family Pleuronectidae
family Ploceidae
family Plumbaginaceae
family Pluteaceae
family Poaceae
family Podargidae
family Podicipedidae
family Podocarpaceae
family Poeciliidae (current term)
family Polemoniaceae
family Polyangiaceae
family Polygalaceae
family Polygonaceae
family Polynemidae
family Polyodontidae
family Polypedatidae
family Polypodiaceae
family Polyporaceae
family Pomacentridae
family Pomatomidae
family Pongidae
family Pontederiaceae
family Porcellionidae

Literary usage of Family Poeciliidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1913)
"Smelt, Osmerus mordax 6 months Family POECILIIDAE (Killi-fishes). Common Killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus 4 years Bass Killifish or ..."

2. Annual Report (1921)
"Small fish of the family Poeciliidae, widely distributed throughout the tropical and temperate zones, are the ones most extensively employed. ..."

3. Annual Report by Rockefeller Foundation International Health Board (1922)
"Small fish of the family Poeciliidae, widely distributed throughout the tropical and temperate zones, are the ones most extensively employed. ..."

4. Performance Standards for Safely Conducting Research with Genetically ...edited by Walter A. Hill edited by Walter A. Hill (1998)
"... include Poeciliidae, Atherinidae, Cyprinidae, Cobitidae (Dawley 1989). Researchers working with fish in the family Poeciliidae may begin their ..."

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