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petenensis, Mollenesia Günther [A.] 1866:348 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Lake Petén, Guatemala. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.375 (3), 1864.1.26.376 (3), 2008.5.27.1 (1, skeleton); ZMB 6082 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:174 [ref. 19981]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Poecilia petenensis Günther 1866 when both are in Poecilia; replaced by Poecilia kykesis Poeser 2002:244 [ref. 26215]. Original genus is correctly Mollienesia. •Synonym of Poecilia kykesis Poeser 2002 -- (Poeser 2003:155 [ref. 26783], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:114 [ref. 36941]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Poecilia kykesis Poeser 2002. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.


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