WoRMS taxon details

Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801

154394  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154394)

accepted
Genus
Lebistes De Filippi, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Molinesia · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mollienisia · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pamphoria Regan, 1913 · unaccepted
Pocilia · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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  1. Species Poecilia akroa Figueiredo & Moreira, 2018
  2. Species Poecilia formosa (Girard, 1859)
  3. Species Poecilia islai (Rodriguez-Silva & Weaver, 2020)
  4. Species Poecilia kykesis Poeser, 2002
  5. Species Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821)
  6. Species Poecilia mandibularis (Rodriguez-Silva, Torres-Pineda & Josaphat, 2020)
  7. Species Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863
  8. Species Poecilia orri Fowler, 1943
  9. Species Poecilia parae Eigenmann, 1894
  10. Species Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859
  11. Species Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
  12. Species Poecilia velifera (Regan, 1914)
  13. Species Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  14. Species Poecilia amazonica Garman, 1895 accepted as Poecilia parae Eigenmann, 1894 (synonym)
  15. Species Poecilia bensonii Peters, 1864 accepted as Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril, 1861)
  16. Species Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
  17. Species Poecilia calaritana Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821)
  18. Species Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
  19. Species Poecilia coenicola Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  20. Species Poecilia cuneata Garman, 1895 accepted as Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863
  21. Species Poecilia decemmaculata Jenyns, 1842 accepted as Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns, 1842)
  22. Species Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
  23. Species Poecilia elongata Günther, 1866 accepted as Poeciliopsis elongata (Günther, 1866)
  24. Species Poecilia fasciata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  25. Species Poecilia fusca Forster, 1801 accepted as Eleotris fusca (Forster, 1801)
  26. Species Poecilia gracilis Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns, 1842)
  27. Species Poecilia helleri (Heckel, 1848) accepted as Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 (misspelling)
  28. Species Poecilia kykensis Poeser, 2002 accepted as Poecilia kykesis Poeser, 2002
  29. Species Poecilia latipes Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 accepted as Oryzias latipes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
  30. Species Poecilia limantouri Jordan & Snyder, 1899 accepted as Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863
  31. Species Poecilia lineolata Girard, 1858 accepted as Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821) (synonym)
  32. Species Poecilia multilineata Lesueur, 1821 accepted as Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821) (synonym)
  33. Species Poecilia picta Regan, 1913 accepted as Micropoecilia picta (Regan, 1913)
  34. Species Poecilia reticulate Peters, 1859 accepted as Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 (misspelling)
  35. Species Poecilia reticulatus Peters, 1859 accepted as Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 (misspelling)
  36. Species Poecilia rivasi (Franz & Burgess, 1983) accepted as Limia rivasi Franz & Burgess, 1983
  37. Species Poecilia schneideri Valenciennes, 1821 accepted as Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  38. Species Poecilia spilauchena Duméril, 1861 accepted as Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril, 1861)
  39. Species Poecilia spilonota Regan, 1908 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
  40. Species Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
  41. Species Poecilia surinamensis Valenciennes, 1821 accepted as Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  42. Species Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
  43. Species Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
  44. Species Poecilia unimaculata Valenciennes, 1821 accepted as Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  45. Species Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
  46. Species Poecilia vittata Guichenot, 1853 accepted as Limia vittata (Guichenot, 1853)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]   
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154394 on 2024-04-26
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2005-04-18 08:19:08Z
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2013-03-11 14:35:28Z
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2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
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original description Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]   

original description  (of Lebistes De Filippi, 1861) De Filippi, F. (1861). Note Zoologiche. IV. Lebistes nuovo genere di pesce della famiglia dei Ciprinodonti. <em>Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. (Genova).</em> 1(4): 69-70. [details]   

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   
 
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