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Poecilia
Male sailfin molly (P. latipinna
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
Family:
Poeciliidae
Subfamily:
Poeciliinae
Tribe:
Poeciliini
Genus:
Poecilia Bloch & J. G. Schneider , 1801
Type species
Poecilia vivipara
Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
Species
See text.
Synonyms [1]
Acanthophacelus Eigenmann, 1907
Allopoecilia Hubbs, 1924
Lebistes De Filippi, 1861
Lembesseia Fowler, 1949
Mollienesia Lesueur, 1821
Neopoecilia Hubbs, 1924
Pamphoria Regan, 1913
Parapoecilia Hubbs, 1924
Poecilia genus of fishes in the family Poeciliidae of the order Cyprinodontiformes .[2] livebearers are native to fresh, brackish and salt water in the Americas , and some species in the genus are euryhaline . A few have adapted to living in waters that contain high levels of toxic hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S [3] P. mexicana in caves (other populations of this species are surface-living).[4]
Some common and widespread species are often kept as aquarium fish , while other have very small ranges and are seriously threatened .[3] Poecilia are called mollies (e. g. P. sphenops guppies (e. g. P. reticulata
Micropoecilia Poecilia .[5]
Taxonomy and etymology [ edit ]
Poecilia was first proposed as a genus in 1801 by the German naturalists Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider when the described Poecilia vivipara P. vivipara was subsequently designated as the type species of the genus by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.[6] subfamily Poeciliinae and of the family Poeciliidae .[7] Poecilia refers to the Greek word poikilos , which means "variegated" or "speckled", an allusion to the coloration and pattern of the type species, as well as that of and other related fishes, such as Fundulus heteroclitus [8]
Aquaria [ edit ]
Fish of this genus have extremely variable coloration and have been selectively bred to create many different varieties. The most commonly kept species are guppies (P. reticulata )P. sphenops or P. latipinna P. wingei hybridize with each other and so most commercially offered fish are hybrids (with guppies having some Endler, and mollies being a mix of common and sailfin mollies).[9]
They are easy to sex as males have a prominent gonopodium , a modified anal fin used to inseminate females. They mature quickly and breed readily, with females giving birth to a dozen or more fry every month.[10]
Species [ edit ]
The 41 currently recognized species in this genus are:[11] [12]
Poecilia boesemani Poeser , 2003
Poecilia butleri D. S. Jordan , 1889
Poecilia catemaconis R. R. Miller , 1975
Poecilia caucana (Steindachner , 1880) (Cauca molly)
Poecilia caudofasciata (Regan , 1913)
Poecilia chica R. R. Miller , 1975
Poecilia dauli M. K. Meyer & Radda , 2000
Poecilia dominicensis (Evermann & H. W. Clark , 1906)
Poecilia elegans (Trewavas , 1948) (elegant molly)
Poecilia formosa (Girard , 1859) (Amazon molly)
Poecilia gillii (Kner , 1863)
Poecilia hispaniolana Rivas , 1978[13]
Poecilia hondurensis Poeser , 2011
Poecilia kempkesi Poeser, 2013 [12]
Poecilia koperi Poeser, 2003
Poecilia kykesis Poeser, 2002
Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur , 1821) (sailfin molly)
Poecilia latipunctata Meek , 1904
Poecilia marcellinoi Poeser, 1995
Poecilia maylandi M. K. Meyer, 1983 (Balsas molly)
Poecilia mechthildae M. K. Meyer, Etzel & Bork , 2002
Poecilia mexicana Steindachner , 1863
Poecilia nicholsi (G. S. Myers , 1931)
Poecilia obscura Schories , M. K. Meyer & Schartl , 2009
Poecilia orri Fowler , 1943
Poecilia parae C. H. Eigenmann , 1894
Poecilia petenensis Günther , 1866
Poecilia picta (Regan , 1913) (Swamp guppy)
Poecilia reticulata W. K. H. Peters , 1859
Poecilia rositae M. K. Meyer, K. Schneider , Radda, B. Wilde & Schartl, 2004 [14]
Poecilia salvatoris Regan, 1907 (Liberty molly)
Poecilia sarrafae Bragança & W. J. E. M. Costa , 2011
Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes , 1846
Poecilia sulphuraria (Álvarez , 1948) (sulphur molly)
Poecilia teresae D. W. Greenfield , 1990
Poecilia vandepolli van Lidth de Jeude , 1887
Poecilia velifera (Regan, 1914) (Yucatán molly)
Poecilia vivipara Bloch & J. G. Schneider , 1801
Poecilia waiapi Bragança , W. J. E. M. Costa & Gama , 2012
Poecilia wandae Poeser , 2003
Poecilia wingei Poeser , Kempkes & Isbrücker , 2005[15]
If Poecilia in the wider sense is used then the species would be divided up into subgenera as follows:[8]
Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801
Poecilia (Poecilia) vivipara
Acanthophacelus Eigenmann 1907
Poecilia (Acanthophacelus) kempkesi
Poecilia (Acanthophacelus) obscura
Poecilia (Acanthophacelus) reticulata
Poecilia (Acanthophacelus) wingei
Allopoecilia Hubbs 1924
Poecilia (Allopoecilia) caucana
Poecilia (Allopoecilia) dauli
Curtipenis Rivas & Myers 1950
Poecilia (Curtipenis) elegans
Limia Poey 1854
Poecilia (Limia) caudofasciata
Poecilia (Limia) caymanensi
Poecilia (Limia) dominicensis
Poecilia (Limia) fuscomaculata
Poecilia (Limia) garnieri
Poecilia (Limia) grossidens
Poecilia (Limia) immaculata
Poecilia (Limia) melanogaster
Poecilia (Limia) melanonotata
Poecilia (Limia) miragoanensis
Poecilia (Limia) nicholsi
Poecilia (Limia) nigrofasciata
Poecilia (Limia) ornata
Poecilia (Limia) pauciradiata
Poecilia (Limia) perugiae
Poecilia (Limia) rivasi
Poecilia (Limia) sulphurophila
Poecilia (Limia) tridens
Poecilia (Limia) versicolor
Poecilia (Limia) vittata
Poecilia (Limia) yaguajali
Poecilia (Limia) zonata
Micropoecilia Hubbs 1926
Poecilia (Micropoecilia) bifurca
Poecilia (Micropoecilia) branneri
Poecilia (Micropoecilia) minima
Poecilia (Micropoecilia) parae
Poecilia (Micropoecilia) picta
Poecilia (Micropoecilia) sarrafae
Poecilia (Micropoecilia) waiapi
Mollienesia Lesueur 1821
Poecilia (Mollienesia) boesemani
Poecilia (Mollienesia) butleri
Poecilia (Mollienesia) catemaconis
Poecilia (Mollienesia) chica
Poecilia (Mollienesia) formosa
Poecilia (Mollienesia) gillii
Poecilia (Mollienesia) hondurensis
Poecilia (Mollienesia) koperi
Poecilia (Mollienesia) kykesis
Poecilia (Mollienesia) latipinna
Poecilia (Mollienesia) latipunctata
Poecilia (Mollienesia) limantouri
Poecilia (Mollienesia) marcellinoi
Poecilia (Mollienesia) maylandi
Poecilia (Mollienesia) mechthildae
Poecilia (Mollienesia) mexicana
Poecilia (Mollienesia) nelsoni
Poecilia (Mollienesia) orri
Poecilia (Mollienesia) petenensis
Poecilia (Mollienesia) rositae
Poecilia (Mollienesia) salvatoris
Poecilia (Mollienesia) sphenops
Poecilia (Mollienesia) sulphuraria
Poecilia (Mollienesia) teresae
Poecilia (Mollienesia) thermalis
Poecilia (Mollienesia) vandepolli
Poecilia (Mollienesia) velifera
Poecilia (Mollienesia) wandae
Pseudolimia Poeser 2002
Poecilia (Pseudolimia) heterandria
Psychropoecilia Myers 1935
Poecilia (Psychropoecilia) hispaniolana
Poecilia (Psychropoecilia) montana
Gallery [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Palacios, Arias-Rodriguez, Plath, Eifert, Lerp, Lamboj, Voelker, & Tobler (2013). The Rediscovery of a Long Described Species Reveals Additional Complexity in Speciation Patterns of Poeciliid Fishes in Sulfide Springs. 8 ): e71069.
^ Plath; Heubel; García de León; & Schlupp (2005). Cave molly females (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae, Teleostei) like well-fed males. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 58: 144–151.
^ Bragança, P. H. N. and W. J. E. M. Costa (2011): Poecilia sarrafae, a new poeciliid from the Paraíba and Mearim river basins, northeastern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontoidei). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 21 (no. 4) [Dec. 2010]: 369–376.
^ Eschmeyer, William N. ; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Poeciliinae" . Catalog of Fishes California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 May 2023 .
^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6
^ a b Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (9 March 2023). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE" . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 May 2023 .
^ "Molly's the word!" . Practical Fishkeeping UK . 13 June 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2021 .
^ "Reproductive biology of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 (Cyprinidontiformes: Poeciliidae) at the Emiliano Zapata Reservoir in Morelos, Mexico" . Neotropical Ichthyology . 14
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Poecilia in FishBase . February 2013 version.
^ a b Poeser, F.N. (2013): Apropos Guppys... viviparos, Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin, (11 ) 1: 36-40, 56. (In German)
^ Lyons, T.J. & Rodríguez-Silva, R. 2021. Poecilia hispaniolana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T125979833A125986583. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T125979833A125986583.en . Downloaded on 28 April 2021.
^ Manfred K. Meyer; Alfred C. Radda; Manfred Schartl; Klaus Schneider; Brigitta Wilde (November 2004). "A new species of Poecilia , subgenus Mollienesia , from upper río Cahabón system, Guatemala, with remarks on the Nomenclature of Mollienesia petenensis Günther, 1866 (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)" (PDF) . Zoologische Abhandlungen . 54 ISSN 0375-5231 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-29.
^ Fred N. Poeser; Michael Kempkes; Isaac J. H. Isbrücker (2005). "Description of Poecilia (Acanthophacelus ) wingei n. sp. from the Paria Peninsula, Venezuela, including notes on Acanthophacelus Eigenmann, 1907 and other subgenera of Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes, Poecilidae)" (PDF) . Contributions to Zoology . 74 doi :10.1163/18759866-0740102007 . S2CID 83619379 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-20.
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