Liberty Molly
(Poecilia salvatoris)
Image source: thepigeongirl | inaturalist.org
General data
Scientific names:
Liberty Molly
Habitat:
Freshwater
Climate:
Tropical
Native:
North America
Distribution:
The liberty molly (Poecilia salvatoris) is a fish species from El Salvador. It is one of the short fin molly species in the Poecilia sphenops complex, and had been often regarded as synonymous with P. sphenops until recently.
The body is silvery but speckled with blue and orange. The fins contain black and blue as well as either red or yellow. The red color version is probably the source for the common name liberty molly as a result of the combination of red, white and blue colors.
Maximum length is about 3 inches (7.6 cm), with females generally larger than males.
