Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei
Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Poeciliini
Genus: Micropoecilia
Species: M. bifurca – M. branneri – M. minima – M. picta
Name
Micropoecilia Hubbs, 1926:73
Gender: feminine
Type species: Poecilia vivipara parae Eigenmann, 1894 [=Micropoecilia parae (Eigenmann, 1894)]
References
Hubbs, C.L., 1926: Studies of the fishes of the order Cyprinodontes. VI. Miscellaneous publications. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 16: 1–86, Pls. 1-4. Full PDF Reference page.
Links
Micropoecilia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Micropoecilia is a genus of poeciliids native to fresh and brackish water from the Amazon Basin to Trinidad. While recognized as valid by FishBase, others have considered this genus as being synonymous with Poecilia.[2]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[3]
Micropoecilia bifurca (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
Micropoecilia branneri (C. H. Eigenmann, 1894) (Branner's livebearer)
Micropoecilia minima (W. J. E. M. Costa & Sarraf, 1997)
Related species
Micropoecilia parae (C. H. Eigenmann, 1894) (Melanzona guppy)
Micropoecilia picta (Regan, 1913) (Swamp guppy)
The type species of the genus is Micropoecilia parae[1] but this is not included within the genus by Fishbase but other workers have recovered this species within the subgenus Micropoecilia of Poecilia, arguing that Micropoecilia, alongside the subgenera Acanthophacelus, Limia, Pamphorichthys and Mollienesia should all be retained as subgenera of Poecilia, which is remains a monopyletic clade in this classification. This is partly to ensure the conserving of the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) as a species within the genus due to its familiarity as a study organism.[4]
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Micropoecilia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Micropoecilia in FishBase. August 2012 version.
Robert W. Meredith; Marcelo N. Pires; David N. Reznick; Mark S. Springer (2010). "Molecular Phylogenetic Relationshipsand the evolution of the placenta in Poecilia (Micropoecilia) (Poeciliidae:Cyprinodontiformes)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55 (2): 631–639. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.006. PMID 19922806.
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