live-bearing fish
live-bearing fish Fish in which the fertilized eggs are retained initially within the body of the female, but are subsequently released as newly hatched larvae (e.g. some Scorpaenidae) or born as free-swimming postlarvae in which the yolk has been fully utilized and the yolk sac has disappeared (e.g. some sharks, and Poeciliidae).
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