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Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 
AphiaID: 275351

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Cyprinodontiformes (Order) > Poeciliidae (Family) > Poeciliinae (Subfamily) > Poecilia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Synonymised
taxa
  Gambusia modesta Troschel, 1865
Gambusia plumbea Troschel, 1865
Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler, 1949
Mollienesia altissima Hubbs, 1936
Mollienesia gracilis Regan, 1913
Mollienesia macrura Hubbs, 1935
Mollienesia pallida de Buen, 1943
Mollienesia sphenops altissima Hubbs, 1936
Mollienesia sphenops macrura Hubbs, 1935
Mollienesia sphenops pallida de Buen, 1943
Mollienesia sphenops vantynei Hubbs, 1935
Mollienesia vantynei Hubbs, 1935
Mollienisia sphenops (Valenciennes, 1846)
Platypoecilus mentalis Gill, 1877
Platypoecilus nelsoni Meek, 1904
Platypoecilus tropicus Meek, 1907
Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878
Poecilia caudata Meek, 1909
Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866
Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866
Poecilia spilonota Regan, 1908
Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866
Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907
Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863
Poecilia vandepolli arubensis van Lidth de Jeude, 1887
Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To ITIS
Image 
Poecilia sphenops
Poecilia sphenops
added on 2008-12-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275351
Taxonomic
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275351 on 2013-05-23
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