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Taxon: Genus Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (fish)
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Authorship

Original name Schneider, 1801. In Bloch, Syst. Ichth., 452.

Types

Type ofPoeciliidae (Family) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 293; 30 Apr 2012. [inferred]
Type ofPoeciliinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 293; [<6 Feb 2024]. [inferred]
Type ofPoeciliini (Tribe) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 293; 30 Apr 2012. [inferred]
Type ofPoecilioidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1831 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 293; 6 Feb 2024. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameLimia (Genus) Poey, 1854 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 8 Jul 2025.
Synonymous namePamphorichthys (Genus) Regan, 1913 Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 8 Jul 2025.
IncludingLebistes (Genus)
IncludingMicropoecilia (Genus) Hubbs, 1926 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 293 (Rodriguez, 1997); ECoF(8 Jul 2025).
IncludingMollienisia (Genus) Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namelevendbarende tandkarpers s.s. Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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