live-bearer

live-bearer
    n 1: small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding
         fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in
         mosquito control [syn: {topminnow}, {poeciliid fish},
         {poeciliid}, {live-bearer}]
    

live-bearer \live-bearer\ n.
   Any fish of the family {Poeciliiidae}, small usually
   brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh
   or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control.

   Syn: topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid.
        [WordNet 1.5]