Poecilia formosa

Poecilia formosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

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: Poecilia
Species: Poecilia formosa

Name

Poecilia formosa (Girard, 1859)

• Lectotype: USNM 3508 (apparently lost). Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-0439 [ex USNM 3508] (1, not this species). Type catalog: Parenti et al., 1999:12.
• Type locality: Site of Palo Alto battlefield, 19.3 kilometers northeast of Brownsville, Cameron County Texas, U.S.A.

Synonyms

• Limia formosa Girard, 1859
• Mollienesia formosa (Girard, 1859)

References

• Girard, C.F.; 1859: Ichthyological notices. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 11: 113–122. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Limia formosa in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 24, 2015.
• Poecilia formosa – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Poecilia formosa in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.