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WoRMS taxon details

Poecilia butleri Jordan, 1889

AphiaID

1019678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1019678)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Original name

Poecilia butleri Jordan, 1889

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Jordan, D. S. (1889). List of fishes collected by Alphonse Forrer about Mazatlan, with descriptions of two new species - Heros beani and Poecilia butleri. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 11 (no. 719): 329-334. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Poecilia butleri Jordan, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1019678 on 2026-01-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-07-18 06:48:51Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Jordan, D. S. (1889). List of fishes collected by Alphonse Forrer about Mazatlan, with descriptions of two new species - Heros beani and Poecilia butleri. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 11 (no. 719): 329-334. [details]

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]