picta, Poecilia Regan [C. T.] 1913:1007, Pl. 100 (fig. 1-2); Fig.173a [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 4) (art. 58); ref. 3653] Demerara River, Guyana. Lectotype: BMNH 1872.6.11.11b. Syntypes: (many) BMNH 1872.6.11.11 (?), MNHN 1913-0226 [ex BMNH] (2), USNM 151459 (4). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:31-32 [ref. 19576], Parenti et al. 1999:15 [ref. 24072]. Lectotype selection to be published. •Valid as Micropoecilia cf. picta (Regan 1913) -- (Keith et al. 2000:68 [ref. 24547]). •Valid as Poecilia picta Regan 1913 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:56 [ref. 7067], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], Parenti et al. 1999:15 [ref. 24072], Poeser 2003:146 [ref. 26783]). •Valid as Micropoecilia picta (Regan 1913) -- (Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:564 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:46 [ref. 29205]). •Valid as Poecilia picta Regan 1913 -- (Bragança & Costa 2011:370 [ref. 31195], Bragança et al. 2012:337 [ref. 31747], Phillip et al. 2013:20 [ref. 32896], Meyer 2015:268 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:115 [ref. 36941], Taphorn et al. 2022:35 [ref. 41297] in subgenus Micropoecilia). Current status: Valid as Poecilia picta Regan 1913. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: South America: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.