WoRMS taxon details
Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
275351 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275351)
accepted
Species
Gambusia modesta Troschel, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gambusia plumbea Troschel, 1865 · unaccepted
Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler, 1949 · unaccepted
Mollienesia altissima Hubbs, 1936 · unaccepted
Mollienesia macrura Hubbs, 1935 · unaccepted
Mollienesia pallida de Buen, 1943 · unaccepted
Mollienesia sphenops altissima Hubbs, 1936 · unaccepted
Mollienesia sphenops macrura Hubbs, 1935 · unaccepted
Mollienesia sphenops pallida de Buen, 1943 · unaccepted
Mollienesia sphenops vantynei Hubbs, 1935 · unaccepted
Mollienesia vantynei Hubbs, 1935 · unaccepted
Mollienisia sphenops (Valenciennes, 1846) · unaccepted
Platypoecilus mentalis Gill, 1877 · unaccepted
Platypoecilus tropicus Meek, 1907 · unaccepted
Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878 · unaccepted
Poecilia caudata Meek, 1909 · unaccepted
Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866 · unaccepted
Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866 · unaccepted
Poecilia spilonota Regan, 1908 · unaccepted
Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866 · unaccepted
Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907 · unaccepted
Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863 · unaccepted
Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950 · unaccepted
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1846). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-huitième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Livre dix-neuvième. Des Ésoces ou Lucioïdes. v. 18: i-xix + 2 pp. + 1-505 + 2 pp., Pls. 520-553. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275351 on 2026-03-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1846). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-huitième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Livre dix-neuvième. Des Ésoces ou Lucioïdes. v. 18: i-xix + 2 pp. + 1-505 + 2 pp., Pls. 520-553. [details]
original description (of Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878) Steindachner, F. (1878). Ichthyologische Beiträge. VI. [Subtitles i-x.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 77 (1. Abth.): 379-392, Pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Poecilia caudata Meek, 1909) Meek, S. E. (1909). New species of fishes from tropical America. <em>Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 7 (no. 7): 207-211. [details]
original description (of Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907) Meek, S. E. (1907). Notes on fresh-water fishes from Mexico and Central America. <em>Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 7 (no. 5): 133-157., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2539 [details]
original description (of Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler, 1949) Fowler, H. W. (1949). Results of the two Carpenter African expeditions, 1946-1948. Pt. II--The fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 101: 233-275. [details]
original description (of Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950) Fowler, H. W. (1950). Results of the Catherwood-Chaplin West Indies Expedition, 1948. Part III. The fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 102: 69-93. [details]
original description (of Gambusia modesta Troschel, 1865) Müller, J. W. von. (1864-1865). Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, Canada und Mexico. 3 vols. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1864-65. [Volume 1 (1864), i-xiv + 1-394; v. 2 (1864), i-ix + 1-482; v. 3 (1865), i-xii + 1-643. Author also known as J. Müller.]. [details]
original description (of Gambusia plumbea Troschel, 1865) Müller, J. W. von. (1864-1865). Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, Canada und Mexico. 3 vols. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1864-65. [Volume 1 (1864), i-xiv + 1-394; v. 2 (1864), i-ix + 1-482; v. 3 (1865), i-xii + 1-643. Author also known as J. Müller.]. [details]
original description (of Platypoecilus tropicus Meek, 1907) Meek, S. E. (1907). Notes on fresh-water fishes from Mexico and Central America. <em>Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 7 (no. 5): 133-157., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2539 [details]
original description (of Mollienesia sphenops altissima Hubbs, 1936) Hubbs, C. L. (1936). Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications.</em> 457 (17): 157-287, Pls. 1-15. [details]
original description (of Mollienesia sphenops macrura Hubbs, 1935) Hubbs, C. L. (1935). Fresh-water fishes collected in British Honduras and Guatemala. <em>Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> No. 28: 1-22, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Mollienesia sphenops vantynei Hubbs, 1935) Hubbs, C. L. (1935). Fresh-water fishes collected in British Honduras and Guatemala. <em>Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> No. 28: 1-22, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878) Steindachner, F. (1878). Ichthyologische Beiträge. VI. [Subtitles i-x.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 77 (1. Abth.): 379-392, Pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Poecilia caudata Meek, 1909) Meek, S. E. (1909). New species of fishes from tropical America. <em>Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 7 (no. 7): 207-211. [details]
original description (of Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907) Meek, S. E. (1907). Notes on fresh-water fishes from Mexico and Central America. <em>Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 7 (no. 5): 133-157., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2539 [details]
original description (of Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler, 1949) Fowler, H. W. (1949). Results of the two Carpenter African expeditions, 1946-1948. Pt. II--The fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 101: 233-275. [details]
original description (of Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950) Fowler, H. W. (1950). Results of the Catherwood-Chaplin West Indies Expedition, 1948. Part III. The fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 102: 69-93. [details]
original description (of Gambusia modesta Troschel, 1865) Müller, J. W. von. (1864-1865). Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, Canada und Mexico. 3 vols. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1864-65. [Volume 1 (1864), i-xiv + 1-394; v. 2 (1864), i-ix + 1-482; v. 3 (1865), i-xii + 1-643. Author also known as J. Müller.]. [details]
original description (of Gambusia plumbea Troschel, 1865) Müller, J. W. von. (1864-1865). Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, Canada und Mexico. 3 vols. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1864-65. [Volume 1 (1864), i-xiv + 1-394; v. 2 (1864), i-ix + 1-482; v. 3 (1865), i-xii + 1-643. Author also known as J. Müller.]. [details]
original description (of Platypoecilus tropicus Meek, 1907) Meek, S. E. (1907). Notes on fresh-water fishes from Mexico and Central America. <em>Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 7 (no. 5): 133-157., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2539 [details]
original description (of Mollienesia sphenops altissima Hubbs, 1936) Hubbs, C. L. (1936). Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications.</em> 457 (17): 157-287, Pls. 1-15. [details]
original description (of Mollienesia sphenops macrura Hubbs, 1935) Hubbs, C. L. (1935). Fresh-water fishes collected in British Honduras and Guatemala. <em>Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> No. 28: 1-22, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Mollienesia sphenops vantynei Hubbs, 1935) Hubbs, C. L. (1935). Fresh-water fishes collected in British Honduras and Guatemala. <em>Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> No. 28: 1-22, Pls. 1-4. [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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mollienesia sphenops altissima Hubbs, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mollienesia sphenops macrura Hubbs, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Gambusia modesta Troschel, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mollienesia sphenops vantynei Hubbs, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Mollienisia sphenops (Valenciennes, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Poecilia spilonota Regan, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Poecilia vandepolli arubensis van Lidth de Jeude, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Platypoecilus mentalis Gill, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Platypoecilus tropicus Meek, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Poecilia caudata Meek, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gambusia plumbea Troschel, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poecilia sphenops)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poecilia thermalis) (from synonym Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia spilonota Regan, 1908)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gambusia plumbea Troschel, 1865)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platypoecilus tropicus Meek, 1907)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia vandepolli arubensis van Lidth de Jeude, 1887)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platypoecilus mentalis Gill, 1877)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler, 1949)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mollienesia pallida de Buen, 1943)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (230 nucleotides; 240 proteins)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mollienesia sphenops altissima Hubbs, 1936)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Mollienesia sphenops macrura Hubbs, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Gambusia modesta Troschel, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mollienesia sphenops vantynei Hubbs, 1935)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Mollienisia sphenops (Valenciennes, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Poecilia spilonota Regan, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Poecilia vandepolli arubensis van Lidth de Jeude, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Platypoecilus mentalis Gill, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Platypoecilus tropicus Meek, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Poecilia caudata Meek, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Gambusia plumbea Troschel, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poecilia sphenops)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poecilia thermalis) (from synonym Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia spilonota Regan, 1908)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gambusia plumbea Troschel, 1865)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platypoecilus tropicus Meek, 1907)
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia vandepolli arubensis van Lidth de Jeude, 1887)
To Fishbase (from synonym Platypoecilus mentalis Gill, 1877)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler, 1949)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mollienesia pallida de Buen, 1943)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (230 nucleotides; 240 proteins)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 34 proteins) (from synonym Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
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