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Definition of viviparous fishes

viviparous fishes
Embiotocoid Em`bi*ot"o*coid, a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocid[ae]. -- n. One of a family of fishes (Embiotocid[ae]) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.

Meaning of viviparous fishes from wikipedia

- ovoviviparous. Ovoviviparity occurs in most live-bearing bony fishes (Poeciliidae). Viviparous fish include the families Goodeidae, Anablepidae, Jenynsiidae...
- from the parent fish, but a few are viviparous, receiving food from the maternal blood supply. [citation needed] Because the newborn fish are large compared...
- chicks. The majority of fish are oviparous, though there are many that are ovoviviparous and viviparous. Many oviparous fish display no maternal behaviors...
- of fishes is remarkably diversified: they may be oviparous (lay eggs), ovoviviparous (retain the eggs in the body until they hatch), or viviparous (have...
- Thibault, R. E., and R. J. Schultz. 1978. Reproductive adaptations among viviparous fishes (Cyprinodontiformes Poeciliidae). Evolution 32:320-333. Furness, Andrew...
- quickly. Blue sharks are viviparous and are noted for large litters of 25 to over 100 pups. They feed primarily on small fish and squid, although they...
- 12 months, a bull shark may give birth to 1 to 13 live young. They are viviparous, born live and free-swimming. The young are about 70 cm (27.6 in) at birth...
- The viviparous eelpout (Zoarces viviparus), also known as the, viviparous blenny and European eelpout is species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to...
- for several years before venturing into deeper waters. Lemon sharks are viviparous, meaning that the mother directly transfers nutrients to her young via...
- males tend to reach maturity around age 12 years old. Sandbar sharks are viviparous, with the embryos supported in placental yolk sac inside the mother. Females...