mentalis, Platypoecilus Gill [T. N.] 1877:335 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 28 (for 1876); ref. 17633] Stream on Atlantic side of the Isthmus of Panama. Holotype (unique): USNM 16675. Type catalog: Parenti et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24072]. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067], Parenti et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24072], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863) -- (Poeser 2003:49 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:163 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:360 [ref. 27075], Huber 2019:108 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.