kykesis, Poecilia Poeser [F. N.] 2002:244 [Contributions to Zoology v. 70 (no. 4); ref. 26215] Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.375 (3), 1864.1.26.376 (1), 2008.5.27.1 (1, skeleton); ZMB 6082 (1). Replacement name for Mollienesia petenensis Günther 1866 [not Poecilia petenensis Günther in same work]. •Valid as Poecilia kykesis Poeser 2002 -- (Poeser 2003:155 [ref. 26783], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061] as kykensis, Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], Meyer 2015:229 [ref. 34698], Ho et al. 2016:Fig. 1 [ref. 34400] in subgenus Mollienesia, Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, Huber 2019:104 [ref. 36941], Barrientos et al. 2023:274 [ref. 41235], Page et al. 2023:146 [ref. 40505]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Poecilia kykesis Poeser 2002. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Southern North America: Central America: southeastern Mexico, Belize and into Lake Petén (Guatemala). Habitat: freshwater.