#2195 · 🐟 fish
Sailfin Molly
Poecilia latipinna
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what is it?
The sailfin molly ( Poecilia latipinna ) is a species of fish of the genus Poecilia . They inhabit fresh, brackish, salt, and coastal waters from North Carolina to Texas and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,992 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Alexandre Lesueur in 1821 (205 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Sailfin Molly
- scientific name
- Poecilia latipinna
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- family
- Poeciliidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 28
- sightings worldwide
- 4,992
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1821 by Charles Alexandre Lesueur
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Poeciliidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 109885, Wikidata Q906572, GBIF 5203752, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.