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Poecilia
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
(fish)
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Entity:
Poeciliini (Tribe)
..Phallichthys (Genus)
..Xiphophorus (Genus) - swordtail
..Poecilia (Genus)
....Poecilia amazonica (Species)
....Poecilia boesemani (Species)
....Poecilia butleri (Species) - Pacific molly
....Poecilia catemaconis (Species) - Catemaco molly
....Poecilia caucana (Species)
....Poecilia caudofasciata (Species)
....Poecilia chica (Species) - dwarf molly
....Poecilia dauli (Species)
....Poecilia elegans (Species) - elegant molly
....Poecilia formosa (Species) - Amazon molly
....Poecilia gillii (Species)
....Poecilia hispaniolana (Species) - Hispaniola molly
....Poecilia koperi (Species)
....Poecilia kykesis (Species)
....Poecilia latipinna (Species) - sailfin molly
....Poecilia latipunctata (Species) - broadspotted molly
....Poecilia marcellinoi (Species)
....Poecilia maylandi (Species)
....Poecilia mechthildae (Species)
....Poecilia mexicana (Species) - Atlantic molly
....Poecilia nicholsi (Species)
....Poecilia orri (Species) - mangrove molly
....Poecilia petenensis (Species) - Peten molly
....Poecilia reticulata (Species) - guppy
....Poecilia salvatoris (Species)
....Poecilia sphenops (Species) - molly
....Poecilia sulphuraria (Species) - molly del Teapa
....Poecilia teresae (Species)
....Poecilia vandepolli (Species)
....Poecilia velifera (Species) - giant sailfin molly
....Poecilia vivipara (Species)
....Poecilia wandae (Species)
....Poecilia wingei (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Schneider, 1801. In Bloch, Syst. Ichth., 452.
Types
Type of
:
Poeciliidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1831
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 293; 30 Apr 2012.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Poeciliinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1831
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 293; [<6 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Poeciliini
(Tribe)
Bonaparte, 1831
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 293; 30 Apr 2012.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Poecilioidea
(Superfamily)
Bonaparte, 1831
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 293; 6 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Limia
(Genus)
Poey, 1854
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 8 Jul 2025.
Synonymous name
:
Pamphorichthys
(Genus)
Regan, 1913
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 8 Jul 2025.
Including
:
Lebistes
(Genus)
Including
:
Micropoecilia
(Genus)
Hubbs, 1926
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 293 (Rodriguez, 1997); ECoF(8 Jul 2025).
Including
:
Mollienisia
(Genus)
Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
levendbarende tandkarpers s.s.
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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28 Aug 2026