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.