Taxonavigation

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Poeciliini
Genus: Poecilia
Species: P. sphenops

Name

Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846

• Syntypes: MNHN B-0930 (8).

Type locality: Veracruz, Mexico.

Synonyms

• Mollienisia sphenops (Valenciennes, 1846)
• Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863
• Gambusia modesta Troschel, 1865
• Gambusia plumbea Troschel, 1865
• Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866
• Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866
• Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866
• Platypoecilus mentalis Gill, 1877
• Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878
• Poecilia vandepolli arubensis van Lidth de Jeude, 1887
• Platypoecilus nelsoni Meek, 1904
• Platypoecilus tropicus Meek, 1907
• Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907
• Poecilia spilonota Regan, 1908
• Poecilia caudata Meek, 1909
• Mollienesia sphenops macrura Hubbs, 1935
• Mollienesia macrura Hubbs, 1935
• Mollienesia sphenops vantynei Hubbs, 1935
• Mollienesia vantynei Hubbs, 1935
• Mollienesia sphenops altissima Hubbs, 1936
• Mollienesia altissima Hubbs, 1936
• Mollienesia sphenops pallida de Buen, 1943
• Mollienesia pallida de Buen, 1943
• Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler, 1949
• Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950

References

• Alda, F., Reina, R. G., Doadrio, I. & Bermingham, E.; (in press): Phylogeny and biogeography of the Poecilia sphenops species complex (Actinopterygii, Poeciliidae) in Central America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Available online 28 December 2012 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.12.012
• 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. 18: 1–505 + 2 pp., Pls. 520-553.
• Poecilia sphenops in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

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