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	livebearers who lay eggs
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	so, are thease livebearers who lay eggs?? http://malawicichlids.com/mw11004.htm
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:46
Jay Hopper Fingerling Posts: 40 Kudos: 48 Votes: 17 Registered: 24-Feb-2005	it means that it differs from the rest of its family and lays eggs instead..... it doesn't say its a livebearer who lays eggs.... that wouldn't make sense..
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:46
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	hay jay, so it should be a live bearer but it isnt?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:46
So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004	Its just an egglayer. Livebearers always means to give birth to live young. Baby guppies start as an egg, and develop in the mother guppy's uterus until birth, just like in a human, but it only takes 28-34 days for gestation. Egglayers lay eggs which then are fertilized externally and develop outside of the parent. Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:46
gnr4ever8794 Enthusiast Posts: 253 Kudos: 222 Votes: 24 Registered: 12-Apr-2004	Yeah, that fish is a egglayer, wouldn't make much sense to say it gives birth to live young, but to do that the eggs need to be layed first.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:46
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	Long considered true killifishes (Cyprinodontidae), this and the other members of the genus Aplocheilichthys are now classified as egglaying members of the generally livebearing family Poeciliidae, based on considerable anatomical evidence from the skeleton
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:46
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	it looks like a rice fish. but yea, live bearers don't lay eggs. or do they just playing.]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:46
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	whats a rice fish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:46
cichlidiot Hobbyist Posts: 142 Registered: 14-Apr-2004	That is very interesting. An egglayer that is from a livebearing fish family. I see this fish being changed to a different family once more research has been done.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:46
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	whats a rice fish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:46


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