Molly – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Molly
n.
female first name; family name; pet or informal name for Mary
molly
n.
aquarium fish
Molly
Molly,
Mollie or
mollies may refer to:
- Molly (name) or Mollie, a female given name (including a list of persons and characters with the name)
- Poecilia sphenops, a species of fish commonly known as "molly"
- Poecilia, a genus of fishes collectively known as "mollies"
molly
Noun
1. popular aquarium fish
(synonym) mollie
(hypernym) topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid, live-bearer
(member-holonym) Mollienesia, genus Mollienesia
Molly
(n.)
Same as Mollemoke.
(n.)
A pet or colloquial name for Mary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Black Balloon Molly
Common NameBlack Balloon Molly
Other Common Names--
Scientific NamePoecilia sphenops species FamilyPoeciliidae
CommunityGeneral
ClassMolly
Temperature78 ºF
Swimming RangeTop-Middle-Bottom
Adult Length2 1/4-2 1/2 inches
Feeding HabitsFresh spinach, zucchini, peas and lettuce. Live blood worms, glass worms, brine shrimp and tubifex worms. Frozen vegetable diet, daphnia, plankton, beef heart, brine shrimp, glass worms and blood worms. Flake and freeze dried foods also accepted.
CompatibilityPeaceful fish that will sometimes school with their own kind. Females should out number males two to one.
HabitatColumbia: Moderately decorated with rocks, live plants and driftwood.
BreedingThe male has a longer pointed dorsal fin, while the females is smaller and rounded. Males also have a gonopodium (underneath the body of the male is one fin that hangs down and what looks like a fin folded up against his body, this is a gonopodium. Where as the female has two fins that hang down). They are livebearers that will produce 20-40 babies at one time and they will eat their young.
Additional CommentsMany color and fin variations have been commercially produced over the years by breeders.
Black Lyretail Molly
Common NameBlack Lyretail Molly
Other Common Names--
Scientific NamePoecilia sphenops species FamilyPoeciliidae
CommunityGeneral
ClassMolly
Temperature78 ºF
Swimming RangeTop-Middle-Bottom
Adult Length2 1/4-2 1/2 inches
Feeding HabitsFresh spinach, zucchini, peas and lettuce. Live blood worms, glass worms, brine shrimp and tubifex worms. Frozen vegetable diet, daphnia, plankton, beef heart, brine shrimp, glass worms and blood worms. Flake and freeze dried foods also accepted.
CompatibilityPeaceful fish that will sometimes school with their own kind. Females should out number males two to one.
HabitatColumbia: Moderately decorated with rocks, live plants and driftwood.
BreedingThe male has a longer pointed dorsal fin, while the females is smaller and rounded. Males also have a gonopodium (underneath the body of the male is one fin that hangs down and what looks like a fin folded up against his body, this is a gonopodium. Where as the female has two fins that hang down). They are livebearers that will produce 20-40 babies at one time and they will eat their young.
Additional CommentsMany color and fin variations have been commercially produced over the years by breeders.
Black Molly
Common NameBlack Molly
Other Common Names--
Scientific Name
Poecilia sphenops species FamilyPoeciliidae
CommunityGeneral
ClassMolly
Temperature78 ºF
Swimming RangeTop-Middle-Bottom
Adult Length2 1/4-2 1/2 inches
Feeding HabitsFresh spinach, zucchini, peas and lettuce. Live blood worms, glass worms, brine shrimp and tubifex worms. Frozen vegetable diet, daphnia, plankton, beef heart, brine shrimp, glass worms and blood worms. Flake and freeze dried foods also accepted.
CompatibilityPeaceful fish that will sometimes school with their own kind. Females should out number males two to one.
HabitatColumbia: Moderately decorated with rocks, live plants and driftwood.
BreedingThe male has a longer pointed dorsal fin, while the females is smaller and rounded. Males also have a gonopodium (underneath the body of the male is one fin that hangs down and what looks like a fin folded up against his body, this is a gonopodium. Where as the female has two fins that hang down). They are livebearers that will produce 20-40 babies at one time and they will eat their young.
Additional CommentsMany color and fin variations have been commercially produced over the years by breeders.
Gold Molly
Common NameGold Molly
Other Common Names--
Scientific NamePoecilia sphenops species FamilyPoeciliidae
CommunityGeneral
ClassMolly
Temperature78ºF
Swimming RangeTop-Middle-Bottom
Adult Length2 1/4-2 1/2 inches
Feeding HabitsFresh spinach, zucchini, peas and lettuce. Live blood worms, glass worms, brine shrimp and tubifex worms. Frozen vegetable diet, daphnia, plankton, beef heart, brine shrimp, glass worms and blood worms. Flake and freeze dried foods also accepted.
CompatibilityPeaceful fish that will sometimes school with their own kind. Females should out number males two to one.
HabitatColumbia: Moderately decorated with rocks, live plants and driftwood.
BreedingThe male has a longer pointed dorsal fin, while the females is smaller and rounded. Males also have a gonopodium (underneath the body of the male is one fin that hangs down and what looks like a fin folded up against his body, this is a gonopodium. Where as the female has two fins that hang down). They are livebearers that will produce 20-40 babies at one time and they will eat their young.
Additional CommentsMany color and fin variations have been commercially produced over the years by breeders.
Marble Lyretail Molly
Common NameMarble Lyretail Molly
Other Common Names--
Scientific NamePoecilia sphenops species FamilyPoeciliidae
CommunityGeneral
ClassMolly
Temperature78ºF
Swimming RangeTop-Middle-Bottom
Adult Length2 1/4-2 1/2 inches
Feeding HabitsFresh spinach, zucchini, peas and lettuce. Live blood worms, glass worms, brine shrimp
and tubifex worms. Frozen vegetable diet, daphnia, plankton, beef heart, brine shrimp, glass worms and blood worms. Flake and freeze dried foods also accepted.
CompatibilityPeaceful fish that will sometimes school with their own kind. Females should out number males two to one.
HabitatColumbia: Moderately decorated with rocks, live plants and driftwood.
BreedingThe male has a longer pointed dorsal fin, while the females is smaller and rounded. Males also have a gonopodium (underneath the body of the male is one fin that hangs down and what looks like a fin folded up against his body, this is a gonopodium. Where as the female has two fins that hang down). They are livebearers that will produce 20-40 babies at one time and they will eat their young.
Additional CommentsMany color and fin variations have been commercially produced over the years by breeders.
Marble Molly
Common NameMarble Molly
Other Common Names--
Scientific NamePoecilia sphenops species FamilyPoeciliidae
CommunityGeneral
ClassMolly
Temperature78ºF
Swimming RangeTop-Middle-Bottom
Adult Length2 1/4-2 1/2 inches
Feeding HabitsFresh spinach, zucchini, peas and lettuce. Live blood worms, glass worms, brine shrimp and tubifex worms. Frozen vegetable diet, daphnia, plankton, beef heart, brine shrimp, glass worms and blood worms. Flake and freeze dried foods also accepted.
CompatibilityPeaceful fish that will sometimes school with their own kind. Females should out number males two to one.
HabitatColumbia: Moderately decorated with rocks, live plants and driftwood.
BreedingThe male has a longer pointed dorsal fin, while the females is smaller and rounded. Males also have a gonopodium (underneath the body of the male is one fin that hangs down and what looks like a fin folded up against his body, this is a gonopodium. Where as the female has two fins that hang down). They are livebearers that will produce 20-40 babies at one time and they will eat their young.
Additional CommentsMany color and fin variations have been commercially produced over the years by breeders.
Marble Sailfin Molly
Common NameMarble Sailfin Molly
Other Common Names--
Scientific NamePoecilia velifera species FamilyPoeciliidae
CommunitySemi-Aggressive
ClassMolly
Temperature78ºF
Swimming RangeTop-Middle
Adult Length4-6 inches
Feeding HabitsFresh spinach, zucchini, peas and lettuce. Live blood worms, glass worms, brine shrimp and tubifex worms. Frozen vegetable diet, daphnia, plankton, beef heart, brine shrimp, glass worms and blood worms. Flake and freeze dried foods also accepted.
CompatibilityPeaceful fish that will sometimes school with their own kind. Females should out number males two to one.
HabitatMexico: Moderately decorated with rocks, live plants and driftwood.
BreedingThe male has the large sailfin (dorsal fin), while the females is smaller and rounded. Males also have a gonopodium (underneath the body of the male is one fin that hangs down and what looks like a fin folded up against his body, this is a gonopodium. Where as the female has two fins that hang down). They are livebearers that will produce 20-40 babies at one time and they will eat their young.
Additional CommentsMany color and fin variations have been commercially produced over the years by breeders.
Pearl White Lyretail Molly
Common NamePearl White Lyretail Molly
Other Common Names--
Scientific NamePoecilia sphenops species FamilyPoeciliidae
CommunityGeneral
ClassMolly
Temperature78ºF
Swimming RangeTop-Middle-Bottom
Adult Length2 1/4-2 1/2 inches
Feeding HabitsFresh spinach, zucchini, peas and lettuce. Live blood worms, glass worms, brine shrimp and tubifex worms. Frozen vegetable diet, daphnia, plankton, beef heart, brine shrimp, glass worms and blood worms. Flake and freeze dried foods also accepted.
CompatibilityPeaceful fish that will sometimes school with their own kind. Females should out number males two to one.
HabitatColumbia: Moderately decorated with rocks, live plants and driftwood.
BreedingThe male has a longer pointed dorsal fin, while the females is smaller and rounded. Males also have a gonopodium (underneath the body of the male is one fin that hangs down and what looks like a fin folded up against his body, this is a gonopodium. Where as the female has two fins that hang down). They are livebearers that will produce 20-40 babies at one time and they will eat their young.
Additional CommentsMany color and fin variations have been commercially produced over the years by breeders.
Pearl White Molly
Common NamePearl White Molly
Other Common Names--
Scientific NamePoecilia sphenops species FamilyPoeciliidae
CommunityGeneral
ClassMolly
Temperature78 ºF
Swimming RangeTop-Middle-Bottom
Adult Length2 1/4-2 1/2 inches
Feeding HabitsFresh spinach, zucchini, peas and lettuce. Live blood worms, glass worms, brine shrimp and tubifex worms. Frozen vegetable diet, daphnia, plankton, beef heart, brine shrimp, glass worms and blood worms. Flake and freeze dried foods also accepted.
CompatibilityPeaceful fish that will sometimes school with their own kind. Females should out number males two to one.
HabitatColumbia: Moderately decorated with rocks, live plants and driftwood.
BreedingThe male has a longer pointed dorsal fin, while the females is smaller and rounded. Males also have a gonopodium (underneath the body of the male is one fin that hangs down and what looks like a fin folded up against his body, this is a gonopodium. Where as the female has two fins that hang down). They are livebearers that will produce 20-40 babies at one time and they will eat their young.
Additional CommentsMany color and fin variations have been commercially produced over the years by breeders.