Poeciliidae

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.