Bicolor Molly

Poecilia catemaconis

Poeciliid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Small
Tropical fish

Poecilia catemaconis, the bicolor molly, is a livebearer fish from Mexico. Poecilia catemaconis belongs to the Poecilia sphenops species complex within the Mollienesia subgenus. It is most closely related to P. sphenops, being derived from an Atlantic-slope population of that species.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Killifishes and Livebearers
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Poecilia
Water type: Freshwater