Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
GENUS: Published in
Bloch, Marcus E. & J. G. Schneider. 1801. Systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Sanderiano Commissum, Berolini.: i-lx, 1-584, pls. 1-110.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Actinopterygii: order
Cyprinodontiformes: family
Poeciliidae: genus
Poecilia

Name

Synonyms: Acanthophacelus Eigenmann, 1907; Alazon Gistel, 1848; Allopoecilia Hubbs, 1924; Curtipenis Rivas & Myers, 1950; Hubbsichthys Schultz, 1949; Lebistes De Filippi, 1861; Lembesseia Fowler, 1949; Molinesia Lesueur, 1821; Mollienesia Lesueur, 1821; Mollienisia Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846; Neopoecilia Hubbs, 1924; Pseudolimia Poeser, 2002; Psychropoecilia Myers, 1935; Recepoecilia Whitley, 1951
Homonyms: Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Poecilia Taczanowski, 1872; Poecilia Heinemann, 1870
Common names: livebearers in English; mollies in English

Bibliographic References

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Austoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110.
Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012)
Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012)
Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R.; van der Laan, R. (eds). (2018). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version.
Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
F. Boica, 2 (2)
FishBase
Ghedotti, Michael J., 1999: Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the poecilioid fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 130, no. 1. 1-53.
Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer)
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
WoRMS (Mar 2013)
WoRMS (Mar 2013)