How Do Live Bearing Fish?

Fish reproduce by bearing live young or by laying eggs. Livebearers give birth to fully formed and functional young called fry. The eggs are fertilized and hatch within the female.

Are there live bearing fish?

Livebearers are aquarium fish that retain the eggs inside the body and give birth to live, free-swimming young. Among aquarium fish, livebearers are nearly all members of the family Poeciliidae and include guppies, mollies, platies and swordtails.

What does live bearer fish mean?

: a fish that brings forth living young rather than eggs especially : any of a family (Poeciliidae) of numerous small surface-feeding fishes (such as a molly or swordtail)