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: Heterandriini
Genus: Poeciliopsis
Species (25): P. baenschi – P. balsas – P. catemaco – P. elongata – P. fasciata – P. gracilis – P. hnilickai – P. infans – P. jackschultzi – P. latidens – P. lucida – P. lutzi – P. monacha – P. occidentalis – P. paucimaculata – P. pleurospilus – P. presidionis – P. prolifica – P. retropinna – P. santaelena – P. scarlli – P. sonoriensis – P. turneri – P. turrubarensis – P. viriosa
Name
Poeciliopsis Regan, 1913
Gender: feminine
Type species: Poecilia presidionis Jordan & Culver in Jordan, 1895, by subsequent designation by Henn, 1916.
Synonyms
Arizonichthys Nichols, 1940
Aulophallus Hubbs, 1926
Hemixiphophorus Bleeker, 1860
Leptorhaphis Regan, 1913
Poecilistes Hubbs, 1926
References
Regan, C.T. 1913. A revision of the cyprinodont fishes of the subfamily Poeciliinae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 4: 977–1018, Pls. 99–101. BHL Reference page.
Conway, K.W., Mateos, M. & Vrijenhoek, R.C. 2019. A new species of the live-bearing fish genus Poeciliopsis from northern Mexico (Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae). ZooKeys, 883: 91–118. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.883.37586 Open access Reference page.
Links
Poeciliopsis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Poeciliopsis is a genus of poeciliid fishes that primarily are native to Mexico and Central America. The only exceptions are P. turrubarensis where the range extends into Colombia, and P. occidentalis where the range extends into Arizona and New Mexico.
Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:[2]
Poeciliopsis baenschi (M. K. Meyer, Radda, Riehl & Feichtinger, 1986) (Golden livebearer)
Poeciliopsis balsas (C. L. Hubbs, 1926) (Balsas livebearer)
Poeciliopsis catemaco (R. R. Miller, 1975) (Catemaco livebearer)
Poeciliopsis elongata (Günther, 1866) (Elongate toothcarp)
Poeciliopsis fasciata (Meek, 1904) (San Jeronimo livebearer)
Poeciliopsis gracilis (Heckel, 1848) (Porthole livebearer)
Poeciliopsis hnilickai (M. K. Meyer & Vogel, 1981) (Upper Grijalva livebearer)
Poeciliopsis infans (Woolman, 1894) (Lerma livebearer)
Poeciliopsis latidens (Garman, 1895) (Lowland livebearer)
Poeciliopsis lucida (R. R. Miller, 1960) (Clearfin livebearer)
Poeciliopsis lutzi (Meek, 1902) (Oaxaca livebearer)
Poeciliopsis monacha (R. R. Miller, 1960) (Headwater livebearer)
Poeciliopsis occidentalis (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853) (Gila topminnow)
Poeciliopsis paucimaculata (W. A. Bussing, 1967)
Poeciliopsis pleurospilus (Günther, 1866) (Largespot livebearer)
Poeciliopsis presidionis (D. S. Jordan & Culver, 1895) (Sinaloa livebearer)
Poeciliopsis prolifica (R. R. Miller, 1960) (Blackstripe livebearer)
Poeciliopsis retropinna (Regan, 1908)
Poeciliopsis santaelena (W. A. Bussing, 2008)
Poeciliopsis scarlli (M. K. Meyer, Riehl, Dawes & Dibble, 1985) (Michoacan livebearer)
Poeciliopsis sonoriensis (Girard, 1859) (Sonora topminnow)
Poeciliopsis turneri (R. R. Miller, 1975) (Blackspotted livebearer)
Poeciliopsis turrubarensis (Meek, 1912)
Poeciliopsis viriosa (R. R. Miller, 1960) (Chubby livebearer)
Hybrid species
Poeciliopsis monacha—occidentalis is a unisexual (all female) hybridogenic lineage. It is an ancient clonal lineage that appears to be more than 100,000 generations old.[3] The maternal ancestor was P. monacha and the paternal ancestor was P. occidentalis.
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Poeciliopsis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Poeciliopsis". FishBase. August 2012 version.
Quattro JM, Avise JC, Vrijenhoek RC (1992). "An ancient clonal lineage in the fish genus Poeciliopsis (Atheriniformes: Poeciliidae)". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89 (1): 348–52. Bibcode:1992PNAS...89..348Q. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.1.348. PMC 48234. PMID 11607248.
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