Genera that contain: Poecilia [ 32 ] records

Acanthophacelus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1907:426 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 32 (no. 1532); ref. 1219] Masc. Poecilia reticulata Peters 1859. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:44 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801, but a valid subgenus Acanthophacelus -- (Poeser & Isbrücker 2002:49 [ref. 34635], Poeser et al. 2005:97 [ref. 28493], Schories et al. 2009:38 [ref. 30534], Meredith et al. 2011:153 [ref. 31575], Meyer 2015:202 [ref. 34698], Ho et al. 2016:38 [ref. 34400], Huber 2019:46 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Acropoecilia (subgenus of Poecilia) Hilgendorf [F. M.] 1889:52 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1889; ref. 2164] Fem. Poecilia tridens Hilgendorf 1889. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:44 [ref. 7067], Huber 2019:47 [ref. 36941]). •Synonym of Limia Poey 1854, but a valid subgenus Acropoecilia as described -- (Rodriguez 1997:671 [ref. 23266]). •Synonym of Limia Poey 1854 -- (Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:562 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Alazon Gistel [J.] 1848:X [Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs; ref. 1822] Masc. Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801, not preoccupied by Poecilus in Coleoptera. •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:44 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:566 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Huber 2019:7 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Allopoecilia Hubbs [C. L.] 1924:11 [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 13; ref. 2231] Fem. Girardinus caucanus Steindachner 1880. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:45 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia but a valid subgenus -- (Poeser 2011:418 [ref. 31550], Ho et al. 2016:38 [ref. 34400], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629], Huber 2019:49 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Aplocheilus (subgenus of Poecilia) McClelland [J.] 1838:944 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 7 (for Nov. 1838); ref. 2924] Masc. Aplocheilus chrysostigmus McClelland 1839. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1864:140 [ref. 4859]. Genus originally spelled Paecilia. Haplochilus Agassiz 1846:29, 172 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. Predated by Odontopsis van Hasselt 1823; see Roberts 1993:33 [ref. 21799]. Declared a nomen protectum by Kottelat 2013:299 [ref. 32989]. First appeared without species; species added by McClelland 1839:301 [ref. 2923]. Spelled Aplochelus by McClelland 1839:261 [ref. 2923]. •Valid as Aplocheilus McClelland 1838 (often dated 1839) -- (Radda 1974:1 [ref. 30318], Jayaram 1981:294 [ref. 6497], Parenti 1981:471 [ref. 7066] with type as Esox panchax, Kottelat 1985:272 [ref. 11441], Kottelat 1989:16 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:62 [ref. 24860], Seegers 1997:7 [ref. 23895], Parenti 1999:2198 [ref. 24784], Lazara 2001:49 [ref. 25711], Ataur Rahman 2003:77 [ref. 31338], Huber 2005:14 [ref. 28394], Hertwig 2008:163 [ref. 29531], Shibukawa 2009:50 [ref. 30449], Kottelat 2013:299 [ref. 32989], Katwate et al. 2018:159 [ref. 35809]). Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus McClelland 1838. Aplocheilidae.

Aulophallus Hubbs [C. L.] 1926:64, 69 [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 16; ref. 2233] Masc. Poecilia elongata Günther 1866. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Poeciliopsis Regan 1913, but a valid subgenus Aulophallus -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:131, 139 [ref. 7067], Parenti & Rauchenberger 1989:9 [ref. 13538], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:43 [ref. 29205], Huber 2019:49 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poeciliopsis Regan 1913. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Cnesterodon Garman [S.] 1895:43 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 19 (pt 1); ref. 1538] Masc. Poecilia decemmaculata Jenyns 1842. Type by original designation. •Valid as Cnesterodon Garman 1895 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:74 [ref. 7067], Parenti & Rauchenberger 1989:8 [ref. 13538], Malabarba 1989:160 [ref. 14217], Rosa & Costa 1993 [ref. 20993], Dyer 2000:89 [ref. 26678], Lucinda & Garavello 2000:120 [ref. 25093], Ghedotti 2000:11 [ref. 27228], Lucinda & Garavello 2001:119 [ref. 25093], Meyer & Etzel 2001:248 [ref. 25973], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:557[ref. 27061], Lucinda 2005:261 [ref. 28272], Lucinda et al. 2006:22 [ref. 28858], Lucinda & Reis 2005:47 [ref. 29205], Aguilera et al. 2009:35 [ref. 30366], Meyer 2015:41 [ref. 34698], Bertaco et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34561], Huber 2019:54 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Cnesterodon Garman 1895. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Ctenocharax Regan [C. T.] 1907:403 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 52); ref. 3631] Masc. Ctenocharax bogotensis Regan 1907. Type by monotypy. See Malabarba 1998:229 [ref. 23844]. If a synonym of Grundulus Eigenmann 1915, then Ctenocharax bogotensis is a secondary homonym of Poecilia bogotensis Humboldt 1821 in Grundulus. •Synonym of Grundulus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Román-Valencia et al. 2003:51 [ref. 27035], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:128 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Grundulus Valenciennes 1846. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Curtipenis Rivas [L. R.] & Myers [G. S.] 1950:289 [Copeia 1950 (no. 4); ref. 3764] Masc. Mollienesia elegans Trewavas 1948. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:45 [ref. 7067], Rodriguez 1997:672 [ref. 23266], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia but a valid subgenus as described -- (Ho et al. 2016:33 [ref. 34400], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629], Huber 2019:56 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Grundulus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:216 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Masc. Poecilia bogotensis Humboldt 1821. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Grundulus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Géry 1977:607 [ref. 1597], Malabarba 1998:228 [ref. 23844], Román-Valencia et al. 2003:52 [ref. 27035], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:128 [ref. 27061], Román-Valencia et al. 2005:537 [ref. 28433], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Gymnocharacinae, Román-Valencia et al. 2010:107 [ref. 30946] in Characidae incertae sedis, Langeani & Serra 2010:732 [ref. 31075]). Current status: Valid as Grundulus Valenciennes 1846. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Gulapinnus Langer [W. F.] 1913:207 [Gegenbaurs morphologisches Jahrbuch: eine Zeitschrift für Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte H. Stieve (ed.) [u.a.]. v. 47 (nos 1-2); ref. 2717] Masc. Poecilia decemmaculata Jenyns 1842. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Cnesterodon Garman 1895 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:74 [ref. 7067], Rosa & Costa 1993:697 [ref. 20993], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:557 [ref. 27061], Lucinda 2005:261 [ref. 28272], Lucinda & Reis 2005:47 [ref. 29205], Huber 2019:77 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Cnesterodon Garman 1895. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Hubbsichthys Schultz [L. P.] 1949:95 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 99 (no. 3235); ref. 3967] Masc. Hubbsichthys laurae Schultz 1949. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Parenti 1981:546 [ref. 7066], Huber 2019:80 [ref. 36941]). •Genus inquirendum in Poeciliidae, Poeciliinae -- (Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:575 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Lebistes De Filippi [F.] 1861:69 [Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia v. 1; ref. 1328] Masc. Lebistes poecilioides De Filippi 1861. Type by monotypy. Probably based on introduced Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider 1801. •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801, but a valid subgenus Lebistes -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:44, 55 [ref. 7067], Parenti & Rauchenberger 1989:8 [ref. 13538], Costa & Sarraf 1997:186 [ref. 23280], Meredith et al. 2011:[9] [ref. 31575]). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rodriguez 1997:672 [ref. 23266], Poeser & Isbrücker 2002:49 [ref. 34635], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:80 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Lembesseia Fowler [H. W.] 1949:267 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 101; ref. 1461] Fem. Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler 1949. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:45 [ref. 7067], Rodriguez 1997:672 [ref. 23266], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205] with question, Huber 2019:81 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Limia Poey [F.] 1854:382, 390 [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 1; ref. 3497] Fem. Limia cubensis Poey 1854. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Henn 1916:137 [ref. 2093]. •Valid as Limia Poey 1854 and a valid subgenus Limia -- (Poeser 2003:135 [ref. 26783]). •Valid as Limia Poey 1854 -- (Rivas 1978:100 [ref. 8887], Rivas 1980 [ref. 3763], Rodriguez 1997:670 [ref. 23266], Ghedotti 2000:11 [ref. 27228], Poeser 2003:135 [ref. 26783], Ghedotti & Wiley 2003:1156 [ref. 27019], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:562 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Meyer 2015:134 [ref. 34698], Faloh-Gandarilla et al. 2016:6 [ref. 35177], Rodriguez-Silva & Weaver 2020:[1] [ref. 37404], Rodriguez-Silva et al. 2020:395 [ref. 37487], Spikes et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38830]). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801, but a valid subgenus Limia -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:44, 58 [ref. 7067], Parenti & Rauchenberger 1989:8 [ref. 13538], Meredith et al. 2011:153 [ref. 31575], Palacios et al. 2016:236 [ref. 34629], Huber 2019:81 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Lycocyprinus Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1868:146 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868; ref. 3441] Masc. Poecilia sexfasciata Peters 1864. Type by monotypy. Poecilia sexfasciata Peters 1864 preoccupied by Epiplatys sexfasciatus Gill 1862 when both are placed in Epiplatys; Peter's species equals Epiplatys dageti Poll 1953 according to Wildekamp et al. 1986:244 [ref. 6198] or Epiplatys monroviae Arnoult & Daget 1965 according to Huber 2024:32 [ref. 41036]. •Synonym of Epiplatys Gill 1862 -- (Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:625 [ref. 21590], Wildekamp 1996:21 [ref. 23649]). •Synonym of Epiplatys Gill 1862, but a valid subgenus Lycocyprinus -- (Parenti 1981:475 [ref. 7066], Lazara 2001:81 [ref. 25711], Huber 2024:32 [ref. 41036]). Current status: Synonym of Epiplatys Gill 1862. Nothobranchiidae.

Micropoecilia Hubbs [C. L.] 1926:73 [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 16; ref. 2233] Fem. Poecilia vivipara parae Eigenmann 1894. Type by original designation. For purposes of the type species, the subspecies parae is elevated to species level; type not vivipara. Recepoecilia Whitley 1951 is an unneeded replacement. •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:45 [ref. 7067], Rodriguez 1997:672 [ref. 23266]). •Valid as Micropoecilia Hubbs 1926 -- (Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:564 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:46 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801, but a valid subgenus Micropoecilia -- (Bragança & Costa 2011:369 [ref. 31195], Meredith et al. 2011:153 [ref. 31575], Bragança et al. 2012:337 [ref. 31747], Meyer 2015:257 [ref. 34698], Ho et al. 2016:38 [ref. 34400], Huber 2019:81 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Mollienesia Lesueur [C. A.] 1821:3 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2736] Fem. Mollienesia latipinna Lesueur 1821. Type by monotypy. Originally as Mollinesia in text and Molienisia on Pl. 3; named after "Monsieur Mollien" so emended to Mollienesia. Variously misspelled Mollienisia and Molinesia (see Bailey & Miller 1950:318 [ref. 162]). Genus name misspelled Molenesia by Cuvier 1831:206 [ref. 30378]. •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:44 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:566 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801, but a valid subgenus Mollienesia -- (Miller 1983 [ref. 6815], Rodriguez 1997:672 [ref. 23266], Meyer & Radda 2000:75 [ref. 25029], Meyer et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26721], Poeser 2011:418 [ref. 31550], Meredith et al. 2011:153 [ref. 31575], Ho et al. 2016:38 [ref. 34400], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629], Meyer 2015:210 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:81 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Neopoecilia Hubbs [C. L.] 1924:11 [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 13; ref. 2231] Fem. Neopoecilia holacanthus Hubbs 1924. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:45 [ref. 7067], Rodriguez 1997:672 [ref. 23266], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Huber 2019:82 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Odontolimia (subgenus of Limia) Rivas [L. R.] 1980:29 [Northeast Gulf Science v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 3763] Fem. Limia grossidens Rivas 1980. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801, but a valid subgenus Odontolimia as described -- (Parenti & Rauchenberger 1989:8 [ref. 13538], Huber 2019:83 [ref. 36941]). •Synonym of Limia Poey 1854, but a valid subgenus Odontolimia as described -- (Rodriguez 1997:671 [ref. 23266], Poeser 2003:136 [ref. 26783]). •Synonym of Limia Poey 1854 -- (Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:562 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Oryzias Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1906:289 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1486); ref. 2520] Masc. Poecilia latipes Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Oryzias Jordan & Snyder 1906 -- (Rosen & Parenti 1981 [ref. 5538], Collette et al. 1984:335 [ref. 11422], Uyeno & Arai in Masuda et al. 1984:83 [ref. 6441], Kottelat 1985:272 [ref. 11441], Sakaizumi 1985 [ref. 6790], Magtoon 1986:859 [ref. 6321], Uwa 1986:867 [ref. 6322], Uwa & Parenti 1988 [ref. 6852], Chen et al. 1989 [ref. 17651], Ataur Rahman 1989:63 [ref. 24860], Kottelat 1990:154 [ref. 16764], Uwa 1991:361 [ref. 19791], Pan et al. in Pan et al. 1991:324 [ref. 23876], Roberts 1998:213 [ref. 23471], Chen in Chen 1998:318 [ref. 23556], Reshetnikov 1998:107 [ref. 23570], Parenti 1999:2150 [ref. 24784], Li 2001:583 [ref. 25677], Ataur Rahman 2003:78 [ref. 31338], Parenti & Soeroto 2004:11 [ref. 27595], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:175 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:475 [ref. 29996], Parenti 2008:550 [ref. 29902], Magtoon & Termvidchakorn 2009:35 [ref. 30242], Shibukawa 2009:48 [ref. 30449], Parenti & Hadiaty 2010:268 [ref. 30830], Magtoon 2010:107 [ref. 30842], Herder & Chapuis 2010:269 [ref. 30981], Asai et al. 2012:289 [ref. 31749], Herder et al. 2012:467 [ref. 32158], Parenti et al. 2013:403 [ref. 32918], Kottelat 2013:288 [ref. 32989], Mokodongan et al. 2014:561 [ref. 33560], Zhang et al. 2016:191 [ref. 34477], Mandagi et al. 2018:297 [ref. 35975], Roberts et al. 2021:21 [ref. 38273], Utama et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39265], Gani et al. 2022:77 [ref. 39371], Sudasinghe et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39438], Kobayashi et al. 2023:[1] [ref. 40083]). Current status: Valid as Oryzias Jordan & Snyder 1906. Adrianichthyidae: Oryziinae.

Pamphoria Regan [C. T.] 1913:1003 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 4) (art. 58); ref. 3653] Fem. Cnesterodon scalpridens Garman 1895. Type by monotypy. •Questionably a synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:44 [ref. 7067]). •Synonym of Pamphorichthys Regan 1913 -- (Rodriguez 1997:671 [ref. 23266], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:565 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:46 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Huber 2019:83 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Pamphorichthys Regan [C. T.] 1913:1003 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 4) (art. 58); ref. 3653] Masc. Heterandria minor Garman 1895. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Pamphorichthys Regan 1913 -- (Rodriguez 1997:671 [ref. 23266], Britski et al. 1999:137 [ref. 24147], Ghedotti 2000:11 [ref. 27228], Poeser 2003:136 [ref. 26783], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:565 [ref. 27061], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:565 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:46 [ref. 29205], Figueiredo 2008:59 [ref. 29880], Meyer 2015:160 [ref. 34698]). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801, but a valid subgenus Pamphorichthys -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:44, 57 [ref. 7067], Parenti & Rauchenberger 1989:8 [ref. 13538], Costa 1991 [ref. 19717], Meredith et al. 2011:153 [ref. 31575], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629], Figueiredo & Moreira 2018:438 [ref. 36088], Huber 2019:83 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Parapoecilia Hubbs [C. L.] 1924:11 [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 13; ref. 2231] Fem. Limia hollandi Henn 1916. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Pamphorichthys Regan 1913 -- (Rodriguez 1997:671 [ref. 23266], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:565 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:46 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:45 [ref. 7067], Huber 2019:84 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Poecilia Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:452 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Fem. Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by subsequent designation [not by monotypy]. Type designated by Bleeker 1864:140 [ref. 4859]. Spelled Paecilia by McClelland 1839:300 [ref. 2923]. •Valid as Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:43, 47 [ref. 7067], Rivas 1978:100 [ref. 8887], Parenti 1981:505 [ref. 7066], Paxton et al. 1989:347 [ref. 12442], Parenti & Rauchenberger 1989:7 [ref. 13538], Malabarba 1989:162 [ref. 14217], Greenfield 1990 [ref. 16548], Poeser 1995:239 [ref. 22070], Rodriguez 1997:672 [ref. 23266], Savvaitova & Reshetnikov 1998:108 [ref. 23592], Poeser 1998:145 [ref. 23812], Parenti 1999:2200 [ref. 24784], Ghedotti 2000:11 [ref. 27228], Ghedotti & Wiley 2003:1156 [ref. 27019], Poeser 2003:356 [ref. 27075], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:566 [ref. 27061], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:179 [ref. 28183], Poeser et al. 2005:97 [ref. 28493], Hoese & Gates 2006:743 [ref. 28997], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Scharpf 2007:19 [ref. 30398], Schories et al. 2009:44 [ref. 30534], Matsunuma & Motomura 2009:21 [ref. 30966], Coad 2010:255 [ref. 36620], Lucinda et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31137], Poeser 2011:418 [ref. 31550], Meredith et al. 2011:148 [ref. 31575], Marshall 2011:199 [ref. 31755], Bragança et al. 2012:337 [ref. 31747], Preser 2013:36 [ref. 32662], Palacios et al. 2013:1 [ref. 32935], Kottelat 2013:300 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:894 [ref. 34062], McDowall & Stewart 2015:973 [ref. 34275], Ho et al. 2016:32 [ref. 34400], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629], Meyer 2015:277 [ref. 34698], Bertaco et al. 2016:423 [ref. 34561], Esmaeili et al. 2017:92 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:74 [ref. 36089], Fricke et al. 2018:109 [ref. 35805], Huber 2019:94 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Poeciliopsis Regan [C. T.] 1913:996 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 4) (art. 58); ref. 3653] Fem. Poecilia presidionis Jordan & Culver 1895. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Henn 1916:119 [ref. 2093]. Misspelled Poecilopsis by Jordan 1920:550 [ref. 4905]. On Official List [Opinion 375; v. 11 (1955): 381-390]. •Valid as Poeciliopsis Regan 1913 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:131 [ref. 7067], Parenti & Rauchenberger 1989:9 [ref. 13538], Ghedotti 2000:11 [ref. 27228], Mateos et al. 2002:972 [ref. 26054], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:43 [ref. 29205], Scharpf 2007:20 [ref. 30398], Bussing 2008:829 [ref. 29806], Minckley & Marsh 2009:246, 257 [ref. 31114], Morales-Cazan & Albert 2012:20 [ref. 31911], Meyer 2015:279 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:125 [ref. 36941], Conway et al. 2019:91 [ref. 37045]). Current status: Valid as Poeciliopsis Regan 1913. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Pseudolimia Poeser [F. N.] 2002:54 [Beaufortia v. 52 (no. 6); ref. 26788] Fem. Limia heterandria Regan 1913. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Pseudolimia Poeser 2002 -- (Poeser 2003:135 [ref. 26783], Meyer 2015:321 [ref. 34698]). •Synonym of Limia Poey 1854 based on placement of types species -- (Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:563 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Limia Poey 1854 -- (Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801, but a valid subgenus Pseudolimia-- (Meredith et al. 2011:153 [ref. 31575], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629], Huber 2019:135 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Pseudopoecilia Regan [C. T.] 1913:995 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 4) (art. 58); ref. 3653] Fem. Poecilia festae Boulenger 1898. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Priapichthys Regan 1913 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:120 [ref. 7067]). •Valid as Pseudopoecilia Regan 1913 -- (Meyer & Etzel 1996:3 [ref. 22946], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:572 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:41 [ref. 29205], Meyer 2015:323 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:135 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Pseudopoecilia Regan 1913. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Psychropoecilia (subgenus of Mollienesia) Myers [G. S.] 1935:311 [Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society v. 10 (no. 3); ref. 3110] Fem. Platypoecilus dominicensis Evermann & Clark 1906. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:45 [ref. 7067], Rodriguez 1997:672 [ref. 23266], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 but a valid subgenus -- (Ho et al. 2016:38 [ref. 34400], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629], Huber 2019:139 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Recepoecilia Whitley [G. P.] 1951:68 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1949-50; ref. 4711] Fem. Poecilia vivipara parae Eigenmann 1894. Type by being a replacement name. For purposes of the type species, the subspecies parae is elevated to species level; type not vivipara. Unneeded replacement for Micropoecilia Hubbs 1926, not preoccupied by Micropoecila Kraatz 1880 in Coleoptera. •Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:45 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Huber 2019:138 [ref. 36941]). •Synonym of Micropoecilia Hubbs 1926, but incorrectly placed by Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061]. •Synonym of Micropoecilia Hubbs 1926 -- (Lucinda & Reis 2005:46 [ref. 29205]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia Bloch & Schneider 1801. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae.

Xenisma Jordan [D. S.] in Jordan & Copeland 1877:142 [Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 5961] Neut. Poecilia catenata Storer 1846. Type by monotypy. Proposed as a genus "or perhaps the sub-genus of Fundulus", with two species (X. stellifera Jordan MS and catenata Storer); description in footnote (p. 142) regarded as applying to genus and not to species F. stelliferus. Species stellifera dates to Jordan 1877:322 [ref. 2373]. "Typified by" not precise enough; type by monotypy since catenata was the only available species that was included. •Synonym of Fundulus Lacepède 1803, but a valid subgenus Xenisma -- (Cashner et al. 1988 [ref. 6681], Wildekamp 1996:224 [ref. 23649], Lazara 2001:140 [ref. 25711], Ghedotti et al. 2004:53 [ref. 27500]). •Synonym of Fundulus Lacepède 1803 -- (Parenti 1981:494 [ref. 7066], Ghedotti & Davis 2013:8 [ref. 32490]). Current status: Synonym of Fundulus Lacepède 1803. Fundulidae.

Zygonectes Agassiz [L.] 1854:353 [American Journal of Science and Arts (Series 2) v. 17; ref. 69] Masc. Poecilia olivacea Storer 1845. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first in Agassiz 1853:135 [ref. 67] without adequate description and no included species, described more fully in 1854. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1877 [ref. 4907]. •Synonym of Fundulus Lacepède 1803 -- (Parenti 1981:494 [ref. 7066]). •Synonym of Fundulus Lacepède 1803, but a valid subgenus Zygonectes -- (Wildekamp 1996:224 [ref. 23649], Lazara 2001:140 [ref. 25711], Ghedotti & Davis 2013:8 [ref. 32490]). Current status: Synonym of Fundulus Lacepède 1803. Fundulidae.