Species that contain: Mollienesia and sphenops [ 18 ] records

altissima, Mollienesia sphenops Hubbs [C. L.] 1936:242, Pl. 9 (figs. 1-3) [Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications No. 457 (art. 17); ref. 2247] Miramar Spring, 1 kilometer southwest of Talcha, Yucatán, Mexico. Holotype: UMMZ 102127. Paratypes: (37) UMMZ 102081 (1), 102115 (29, now 25), 102128 (7). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:53 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:48 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:94 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

butleri, Poecilia Jordan [D. S.] 1889:330 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 719); ref. 10479] Río Presidio, near Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Syntypes: USNM 37158 (orig. 6, now 4). Type catalog: Parenti et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24072]. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:50 [ref. 7067]). •Valid as Poecilia butleri Jordan 1889 -- (Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:48 [ref. 22290], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], Parenti et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24072], Meyer & Radda 2000:75 [ref. 25029], Meyer et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26721], Poeser 2003:164 [ref. 26783], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:104 [ref. 27807], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Miller 2006:232 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:19 [ref. 30398], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], McMahan et al. 2013:447 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:109 [ref. 32708], Palacios et al. 2013:13 [ref. 32935], Meyer 2015:211 [ref. 34698], Ho et al. 2016:Fig. 1 [ref. 34400] in subgenus Mollienesia, Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, Huber 2019:96 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia butleri Jordan 1889. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Pacific slope of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

dovii, Poecilia Günther [A.] 1866:344 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Lake Nicaragua. Lectotype: BMNH 1863.12.16.77. Paralectotypes: (several) BMNH 1862.6.6.11-12 (2?) Mexico, 1863.12.16.78-92 (10) Lake Nicaragua, BMNH uncat. (?) Lake Amatitlan. Lectotype of dovii is Poecilia gillii Kner 1863 and was designated by Poeser 2003:47-48 [ref. 26769]. •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 in part but not lectotype -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:163 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075] in part). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061]). •Possibly valid as Poecilia dovii Günther 1866 -- (Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia). •Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863) -- (Huber 2019:99 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

gillii, Xiphophorus Kner [R.] 1863:224, "Fig. 9" (unpublished) [Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1863, v. 2; ref. 5002] Río Chagres, Panama. Holotype (unique): ZSM 176 [old collection] destroyed in WWII. Non-types: NMW 21608-09 (2). Type catalog: Neumann 2006:279 [ref. 28925]. Also appeared as new in Kner & Steindachner 1864:25, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [ref. 2649]. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067]). •Valid as Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863) -- (Villa 1982:134 [ref. 36708], Bussing 1987:145 [ref. 22927], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], Bussing 1998:219 [ref. 24179], Meyer et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26721], Poeser 2003:48 [ref. 26769] as a valid subspecies, Poeser 2003:163 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:360 [ref. 27075], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Matamoros et al. 2009:14 [ref. 31241], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], McMahan et al. 2013:447 [ref. 32422], Angulo et al. 2013:996 [ref. 33194], Meyer 2015:223 [ref. 34698], Ho et al. 2016:Fig. 1 [ref. 34400] in subgenus Mollienesia, Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, DoNascimiento et al. 2017:102 [ref. 35633], Huber 2019:101 [ref. 36941], Angulo et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37425], Angulo et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40676] as cf. gillii, Valenzuela et al. 2023:96 [ref. 40815] as aff. gillii). Current status: Valid as Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Central America, northwestern South America: Atlantic and Pacific drainages in Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. Introduced in Ecuador. Habitat: freshwater.

gracilis, Mollienesia Regan [C. T.] 1913:1012 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 4) (art. 58); ref. 3653] Lake Petén [Petén Itza], Guatemala. Lectotype: BMNH 1864.1.26.377. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.375 (1), 1864.1.26.379 (2), 2004.12.1.1-2 [ex BMNH 1864.1.26.377] (2), 2008.5.27.2 (1, skeleton). Replacement name for Poecilia petenensis Günther 1866, preoccupied by Mollienisia petenensis Günther 1866. Mollienesia gracilis itself is secondarily preoccupied by Poecilia gracilis Valenciennes 1846 (see Greenfield 1990:452 [ref. 16548]). Lectotype selected for Poecilia petenensis Günther 1866 by Poeser 2002:243 [ref. 26215]. Poecilia petenensis Günther 1866 is treated as valid on the basis of Art. 59.4. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:52 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Poecilia gracilis (Regan 1913) -- (Meyer et al. 2004:ca. 145 [ref. 28000]). •Synonym of Poecilia petenensis Günther 1866 -- (Poeser 2002:245 [ref. 26215], Poeser 2003:159 [ref. 26783], Huber 2019:101 [ref. 36941]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Poecilia petenensis Günther 1866. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

limantouri, Poecilia Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1899:129, Fig. 10 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 [1899]; ref. 2501] Río Tamesoe near Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 6165. Paratypes: ANSP 27051 (10, received from SU), ANSP 85373 (89, received from SU), BMNH 1900.9.29.108-117 (10) from Jordan, CUMV [ex CAS-SU 6190], CAS-SU 6190 (now 2, orig. 11). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:55 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:51 [ref. 7067]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 1992:86 [ref. 21511], Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061], Palacios et al. 2013:13 [ref. 32935]). •Valid as Poecilia limantouri Jordan & Snyder 1899 -- (Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] with date 1900 in subgenus Mollienesia, Huber 2019:106 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia limantouri Jordan & Snyder 1899. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Southern North America: Tamaulipas, Atlantic slope of Mexico. Habitat: freshwater.

macrura, Mollienesia sphenops Hubbs [C. L.] 1935:12, Pl. 2 (figs. 2-3) [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 28; ref. 11676] Río San Pedro de Mártir, at El Paso de Los Caballos, Guatemala. Holotype: UMMZ 95516. Paratypes: UMMZ 95517 (1, allotype). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:53 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:106 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

mexicana, Poecilia Steindachner [F.] 1863:178 [17], Pl. 4 (figs. 1-1a) [Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 48 (1. Abth.); ref. 4208] Orizaba, southern Mexico. Syntypes: (16) NMW 61288 (14). On p. 17 of separate. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067]). •Valid as Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Bussing 1987:146 [ref. 22927], Greenfield 1990:450 [ref. 16548], Page & Burr 1991:233 [ref. 18983], Gamboa Pérez 1992:315 [ref. 38704], Poeser 1992:86 [ref. 21511], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:49 [ref. 22290], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:123 [ref. 22947], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:929 [ref. 23897], Bussing 1998:222 [ref. 24179], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Fuller et al. 1999:311 [ref. 25838], Meyer & Radda 2000:75 [ref. 25029], Romero & Paulson 2001:33 [ref. 26040], Poeser 2002:246 [ref. 26215], Moyle 2002:323 [ref. 26449], Meyer et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26721], Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Ghedotti & Wiley 2003:1157 [ref. 27019], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:104 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:236 [ref. 28615], Proudlove 2006:181 [ref. 28992], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Scharpf 2007:20 [ref. 30398], Minckley & Marsh 2009:255 [ref. 31114], Matsunuma & Motomura 2010:21 [ref. 30966], Page & Burr 2011:442 [ref. 31215], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], Page et al. 2013:110 [ref. 32708], Palacios et al. 2013:13 [ref. 32935] subspecies mexicaus, Angulo et al. 2013:996 [ref. 33194], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:33 [ref. 33341], Barrientos et al. 2015:4 [ref. 37653], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698], Ho et al. 2016:Fig. 1 [ref. 34400] in subgenus Mollienesia, Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Huber 2019:108 [ref. 36941], López-Segovia et al. 2020:111 [ref. 38151], Koerber et al. 2022:76 [ref. 39235], Angulo et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40676], Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40739]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Southern North America, Central America: Atlantic coast of Texas (U.S.A.) border, through Yucatán (Mexico) southward to Río Cuango (Panama); Pacific coast from Río Goascorán (El Salvador and Guatemala) to western Río Bayano (Panama); introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

nelsoni, Platypoecilus Meek [S. E.] 1904:147, Fig. 46 [Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series v. 5; ref. 2958] Papayo, Río Balsas basin, Guerrero, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 51484. Paratypes: USNM 59996-97 (1, 2), 125676 [ex USBF 1609] (1). Type catalog: Parenti et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24072]. •Synonym of Poecilia butleri Jordan 1889 -- (Parenti et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24072]). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:51 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Poecilia nelsoni (Meek 1904) -- (Poeser 2003:164 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], Meyer 2015:242 [ref. 34698], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:296 [ref. 36544], Huber 2019:110 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia nelsoni (Meek 1904). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Central America: Mexico to El Salvador. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

orri, Poecilia Fowler [H. W.] 1943:1, Figs. 1-3 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 117; ref. 13201] Lagoon and salt water ditch on Bonacca Island, Bay Islands, off northern Honduras. Holotype: ANSP 70158. Paratypes: AMNH 29835SW [ex ANSP 70161] (1, c&s); ANSP 70159-60 (2), 70161 (now 0), 70162 (1), 70163-69 (7). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:144 [ref. 13621]. Needs redescription -- (Meyer et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26721]). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:53 [ref. 7067]). •Valid as Poecilia orri Fowler 1943 -- (Greenfield 1990:450 [ref. 16548], Gamboa Pérez 1992:316 [ref. 38704], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:50 [ref. 22290], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:124 [ref. 22947], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], Poeser 2003:147 [ref. 26783], Ghedotti & Wiley 2003:1157 [ref. 27019], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061], Smith et al. 2003:16 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:104 [ref. 27807], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Miller 2006:237 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:17 [ref. 30398], Matamoros et al. 2009:14 [ref. 31241], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], Page et al. 2013:110 [ref. 32708], Meyer 2015:243 [ref. 34698], Ho et al. 2016:Fig. 1 [ref. 34400] in subgenus Mollienesia, Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, DoNascimiento et al. 2017:102 [ref. 35633], Huber 2019:111 [ref. 36941], Angulo et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia orri Fowler 1943. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Southern North America and central America: eastern Yucatán Peninsula, Quintana Roo, northern Honduras, Belize, and offshore islands (Belize, Colombia, Honduras and Mexico). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

pallida, Mollienesia sphenops de Buen [F.] 1943:252, Figs. 1-3 [Anales del Instituto de Biologia de la Universidad de Mexico v. 14 (no. 1); ref. 13095] Plaza La Bocana del Río Marqués, Mexico. Syntypes: (24) probably lost. •Valid as Poecilia pallida (de Buen 1943) -- (Poeser 2003:166 [ref. 26783], Huber 2019:112 [ref. 36941]). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:53 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia pallida (de Buen 1943). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Balsas River basin, Mexico. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

petenensis, Poecilia Günther [A.] 1866:342 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Lake Petén, Guatemala. Lectotype: BMNH 1864.1.26.377. Paralectotypes: (at least 4) BMNH 1864.1.26.375 (1), 1864.1.26.379 (2), 2004.12.1.1-2 [ex BMNH 1864.1.26.377] (2), 2008.5.27.2 (1, skeleton). Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Mollienisia petenensis Günther 1866, replaced by Mollienesia gracilis Regan 1913. Mollienesia gracilis itself is subjectively invalid; preoccupied by Poecilia gracilis Valenciennes 1846 (see Greenfield 1990:452 [ref. 16548]). Lectotype selected by Poeser 2002:243 [ref. 26215]. On the basis of Art. 59.4, Poecilia petenensis Günther 1866 can be retained. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067]). •Valid as Poecilia petenensis Günther 1866 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:55 [ref. 7067], Greenfield 1990:450 [ref. 16548], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:50 [ref. 22290], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:125 [ref. 22947], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], Fuller et al. 1999:312 [ref. 25838], Meyer & Radda 2000:75 [ref. 25029], Poeser 2002:245 [ref. 26215], Meyer et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26721], Poeser 2003:159 [ref. 26783], Ghedotti & Wiley 2003:1157 [ref. 27019], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:104 [ref. 27807], Meyer et al. 2004:150 [ref. 28000], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Miller 2006:238 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:17 [ref. 30398], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], Page et al. 2013:110 [ref. 32708], Barrientos et al. 2015:4 [ref. 37653], Meyer 2015:244 [ref. 34698], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, Huber 2019:114 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia petenensis Günther 1866. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Central America: endemic to Lake Petén area (Guatemala). Habitat: freshwater.

petersi, Mollienesia sphenops Schindler [O.] 1959:1, Figs. 1-2 [Opuscula Zoologica. Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Staatssammlung in München No. 31; ref. 12024] Lago Yojoa, northwestern Honduras. Holotype: ZSM 15639. Paratypes: NMW 61117 (3); ZSM 15640 (1), 15716-23 (8), 15724-69 (46, now 44). Type catalog: Neumann 2011:275 [ref. 31652]. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:53 [ref. 7067]). •Synonym of Poecilia salvatoris Regan 1907 -- (Poeser 1995:244 [ref. 22070]). •Species inquirenda in Poeciliidae -- (Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:575 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863) -- (Poeser 2003:49 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:163 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:360 [ref. 27075], Huber 2019:114 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

salvatoris, Poecilia Regan [C. T.] 1907:65, Pl. 14 (figs. 2-3) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 19 (no. 109) (art. 6); ref. 15174] Warm springs in San Salvador, El Salvador. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.191 (34), BMNH 1977.8.10.1-6 (6). Poeser 2003:49 [ref. 26769] wrongly considers this as a replacement name. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:51 [ref. 7067]). •Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863) but a valid subspecies -- (Poeser 2003:49 [ref. 26769] as a variation, Poeser 2003:360 [ref. 27075]). •Possibly a synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Ho et al. 2016:40 [ref. 34400] in subgenus Mollienesia, Huber 2019:117 [ref. 36941]). •Valid as Poecilia salvatoris Regan 1907 -- (Poeser 1995:244 [ref. 22070], Meyer & Radda 2000:76 [ref. 25029], Meyer et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26721], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], McMahan et al. 2013:447 [ref. 32422], Meyer 2015:247 [ref. 34698], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, González-Murcia et al. 2019:297 [ref. 36544], Angulo et al. 2023:62 [ref. 40676], Chan et al. 2023:150 [ref. 40365]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia salvatoris Regan 1907. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Central America: Atlantic and Pacific slopes (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua). Introduced in Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater.

sphenops, Poecilia Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:130, Pl. 525-526, bottom [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Veracruz, Mexico. Lectotype: MNHN B-0930. Paralectotypes: MNHN 2007-001 (7, ex B-0930). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:30 [ref. 19576]. Lectotype selected by Huber 2019:118 [ref. 36941]. •Valid as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067], Villa 1982:134 [ref. 36708], Gamboa Pérez 1992:315 [ref. 38704], Poeser 1992:81 [ref. 21511], Kottelat et al. 1993:91 [ref. 23448], Paepke & Meyer 1995:287 [ref. 21889], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:50 [ref. 22290], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], Parenti 1999:2200 [ref. 24784], Fuller et al. 1999:313 [ref. 25838], Meyer & Radda 2000:75 [ref. 25029], Parenti in Randall & Lim 2000:599 [ref. 25122], Marín 2000:70 [ref. 26252], Ghedotti 2000:38 [ref. 27228], Keith et al. 2002:94 [ref. 31473], Poeser 2002:246 [ref. 26215], Meyer et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26721], Ghedotti & Wiley 2003:1157 [ref. 27019], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:104 [ref. 27807], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Miller 2006:238 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:20 [ref. 30398], Page & Burr 2011:442 [ref. 31215], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], McMahan et al. 2013:447 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:110 [ref. 32708], Palacios et al. 2013:13 [ref. 32935], Kottelat 2013:300 [ref. 32989], Meyer 2015:248 [ref. 34698], Ho et al. 2016:Fig. 1 [ref. 34400] in subgenus Mollienesia, Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, DoNascimiento et al. 2017:102 [ref. 35633], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:297 [ref. 36544], Huber 2019:118 [ref. 36941], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:252 [ref. 37108], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800], Angulo et al. 2023:62 [ref. 40676] as cf. sphenops, Chan et al. 2023:150 [ref. 40365], Esmaeili & Hamidan 2023:219 [ref. 40377], Jamandre 2023:166 [ref. 40455], Çiçek et al. 2024:341 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Both slopes of southern Mexico and central America: El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. Introduced in Tobago, Society Islands and elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

thermalis, Poecilia Steindachner [F.] 1863:181 [20], Pl. 4 (figs. 3-3a) [Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 48 (1. Abth.); ref. 4208] La Esperanza sulphur spring, Chiapas, Mexico. Syntypes: (40) NMW 15153 (5), 59834 (4), 60645 (5), 76504-07 (7, 7, 7, 4). On p. 20 of separate. Poeser 2003:49 wrongly considers thermalis Günther 1866 as an original description with a type locality. •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698]). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Poecilia thermalis Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:166 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], Palacios et al. 2013:13 [ref. 32935], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, Huber 2019:120 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia thermalis Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Chiapas, Atlantic slope of southern Mexico. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

vandepolli, Poecilia van Lidth de Jeude [T. W.] 1887:137, Pl. 2 (figs. 4-5) [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 9 (no. 1, art. 8); ref. 14474] Curaçao. Lectotype: RMNH 5155. Paralectotypes: RMNH 33843 [ex RMNH 5155] (5). Lectotype selection by Poeser 2003:54 [ref. 26769] does not conform to the 1999 Code, but is here accepted. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067]). •Valid as Poecilia vandepolli van Lidth de Jeude 1887 -- (Poeser 1992:79 [ref. 21511], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], González Bencomo et al. 1997:159 [ref. 24960], Meyer & Radda 2000:76 [ref. 25029], Marín 2000:70 [ref. 26252], Meyer et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26721], Poeser & Isbrücker 2002:49 [ref. 34635], Poeser 2003:54 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:143 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:364 [ref. 27075], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], Meyer 2015:253 [ref. 34698], Ho et al. 2016:Fig. 1 [ref. 34400] in subgenus Mollienesia, Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, Huber 2019:121 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia vandepolli van Lidth de Jeude 1887. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: West Indies: Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire; introduced on St. Maarten. Habitat: freshwater.

vantynei, Mollienesia sphenops Hubbs [C. L.] 1935:11, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 28; ref. 11676] Río Hondo basin, Uaxactún, Guatemala. Holotype: UMMZ 97874. Paratypes: UMMZ 97875 (17). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:52 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:122 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.