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- noun zoology Any member of the Poeciliidae.
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- noun small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
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‘Natural and sexual selection on color patterns in poeciliid fishes’, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 9, 173–90.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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‘Natural and sexual selection on color patterns in poeciliid fishes’, Environmental Biology of Fishes, 9, 173–90.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Our results might indicate a left hemisphere dominance in sexual behavior in this nocturnal primate, which is in line with the findings of a right eye preference in courtship approach by poeciliid fish
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Lisette M. C. Leliveld et al. 2010
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Rational Review 2009
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