Preferred Label : cyprinodontiformes;
MeSH definition : An order of fish with eight families and numerous species of both egg-laying and livebearing
fish. Families include Cyprinodontidae (egg-laying KILLIFISHES;), FUNDULIDAEl; (topminnows),
Goodeidae (Mexican livebearers), Jenynsiidae (jenynsiids), Poeciliidae (livebearers),
Profundulidae (Middle American killifishes), Aplocheilidae, and Rivulidae (rivulines).
In the family Poeciliidae, the guppy and molly belong to the genus POECILIA.;
MeSH hyponym : xiphophorus; mosquito fish; platyfish; gambusia; Gambusias; Fish, Mosquito;
MeSH Related Number : txid33527; txid8082;
MeSH annotation : GEN; prefer specifics; do not confuse with CYPRINIDAE or CYPRINIFORMES or CYPRINODON
see KILLIFISHES; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse with CYPRINIDAE or CYPRINIFORMES
or CYPRINODON see KILLIFISHES;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprinodontiformes;
UNII : txid28738;
Origin ID : D003532;
UMLS CUI : C0010617;
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- Fish [UMLS semantic type]
An order of fish with eight families and numerous species of both egg-laying and livebearing
fish. Families include Cyprinodontidae (egg-laying KILLIFISHES;), FUNDULIDAEl; (topminnows),
Goodeidae (Mexican livebearers), Jenynsiidae (jenynsiids), Poeciliidae (livebearers),
Profundulidae (Middle American killifishes), Aplocheilidae, and Rivulidae (rivulines).
In the family Poeciliidae, the guppy and molly belong to the genus POECILIA.