Species that contain: Poecilia and mexicana [ 12 ] records

altissima, Mollienesia sphenops Hubbs [C. L.] 1936:242, Pl. 9 (figs. 1-3) [Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications No. 457 (art. 17); ref. 2247] Miramar Spring, 1 kilometer southwest of Talcha, Yucatán, Mexico. Holotype: UMMZ 102127. Paratypes: (37) UMMZ 102081 (1), 102115 (29, now 25), 102128 (7). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:53 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:48 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:94 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

chisoyensis, Poecilia Günther [A.] 1866:342 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Río Chisoy, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.190 (3). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:97 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

cuneata, Poecilia Garman [S.] 1895:62, Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 19 (pt 1); ref. 1538] Turbo, Gulf of Darién, Panama. Syntypes: MCZ 6458 (now 10), USNM 120285 [ex MCZ 6458] (3). Type catalog: Parenti et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24072]. •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863, but a valid subspecies -- (Poeser 1992:89 [ref. 21511], Parenti et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24072]). •Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863) but a valid subspecies -- (Poeser 2003:49 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:163 [ref. 26783] as a variation, Poeser 2003:360 [ref. 27075]). •Valid as Poecilia cuneata Garman 1895 -- (Meyer et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26721], Meyer 2015:216 [ref. 34698]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863) -- (see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[30] [ref. 35679], Huber 2019:98 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

dovii, Poecilia Günther [A.] 1866:344 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Lake Nicaragua. Lectotype: BMNH 1863.12.16.77. Paralectotypes: (several) BMNH 1862.6.6.11-12 (2?) Mexico, 1863.12.16.78-92 (10) Lake Nicaragua, BMNH uncat. (?) Lake Amatitlan. Lectotype of dovii is Poecilia gillii Kner 1863 and was designated by Poeser 2003:47-48 [ref. 26769]. •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 in part but not lectotype -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:163 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075] in part). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061]). •Possibly valid as Poecilia dovii Günther 1866 -- (Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia). •Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863) -- (Huber 2019:99 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

limantouri, Poecilia Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1899:129, Fig. 10 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 19 [1899]; ref. 2501] Río Tamesoe near Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Holotype: CAS-SU 6165. Paratypes: ANSP 27051 (10, received from SU), ANSP 85373 (89, received from SU), BMNH 1900.9.29.108-117 (10) from Jordan, CUMV [ex CAS-SU 6190], CAS-SU 6190 (now 2, orig. 11). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:55 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:51 [ref. 7067]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 1992:86 [ref. 21511], Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061], Palacios et al. 2013:13 [ref. 32935]). •Valid as Poecilia limantouri Jordan & Snyder 1899 -- (Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] with date 1900 in subgenus Mollienesia, Huber 2019:106 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia limantouri Jordan & Snyder 1899. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Southern North America: Tamaulipas, Atlantic slope of Mexico. Habitat: freshwater.

macrura, Mollienesia sphenops Hubbs [C. L.] 1935:12, Pl. 2 (figs. 2-3) [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 28; ref. 11676] Río San Pedro de Mártir, at El Paso de Los Caballos, Guatemala. Holotype: UMMZ 95516. Paratypes: UMMZ 95517 (1, allotype). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:53 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:106 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

mexicana, Poecilia Steindachner [F.] 1863:178 [17], Pl. 4 (figs. 1-1a) [Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 48 (1. Abth.); ref. 4208] Orizaba, southern Mexico. Syntypes: (16) NMW 61288 (14). On p. 17 of separate. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067]). •Valid as Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Bussing 1987:146 [ref. 22927], Greenfield 1990:450 [ref. 16548], Page & Burr 1991:233 [ref. 18983], Gamboa Pérez 1992:315 [ref. 38704], Poeser 1992:86 [ref. 21511], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:49 [ref. 22290], Greenfield & Thomerson 1997:123 [ref. 22947], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:929 [ref. 23897], Bussing 1998:222 [ref. 24179], Marquet et al. 1999:43 [ref. 23934], Fuller et al. 1999:311 [ref. 25838], Meyer & Radda 2000:75 [ref. 25029], Romero & Paulson 2001:33 [ref. 26040], Poeser 2002:246 [ref. 26215], Moyle 2002:323 [ref. 26449], Meyer et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26721], Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Ghedotti & Wiley 2003:1157 [ref. 27019], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:104 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:236 [ref. 28615], Proudlove 2006:181 [ref. 28992], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Scharpf 2007:20 [ref. 30398], Minckley & Marsh 2009:255 [ref. 31114], Matsunuma & Motomura 2010:21 [ref. 30966], Page & Burr 2011:442 [ref. 31215], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], Page et al. 2013:110 [ref. 32708], Palacios et al. 2013:13 [ref. 32935] subspecies mexicaus, Angulo et al. 2013:996 [ref. 33194], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:33 [ref. 33341], Barrientos et al. 2015:4 [ref. 37653], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698], Ho et al. 2016:Fig. 1 [ref. 34400] in subgenus Mollienesia, Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:345 [ref. 36407], Huber 2019:108 [ref. 36941], López-Segovia et al. 2020:111 [ref. 38151], Koerber et al. 2022:76 [ref. 39235], Angulo et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40676], Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2023:61 [ref. 40739]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Southern North America, Central America: Atlantic coast of Texas (U.S.A.) border, through Yucatán (Mexico) southward to Río Cuango (Panama); Pacific coast from Río Goascorán (El Salvador and Guatemala) to western Río Bayano (Panama); introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

modesta, Gambusia Troschel [F. H.] in Müller 1865:639 (v. 3) [Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, Canada und Mexico; ref. 14184] Mexico. Holotype (unique): ZMB (apparently lost). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:172 [ref. 19981]. •Questionably a synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Huber 2019:110 [ref. 36941]). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

plumbea, Gambusia Troschel [F. H.] in Müller 1865:640 (v. 3) [Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, Canada und Mexico; ref. 14184] Mexico. Holotype (unique): ZMB (missing). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:173 [ref. 19981]. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Huber 2019:115 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

salvatoris, Poecilia Regan [C. T.] 1907:65, Pl. 14 (figs. 2-3) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 19 (no. 109) (art. 6); ref. 15174] Warm springs in San Salvador, El Salvador. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.191 (34), BMNH 1977.8.10.1-6 (6). Poeser 2003:49 [ref. 26769] wrongly considers this as a replacement name. •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:51 [ref. 7067]). •Synonym of Poecilia gillii (Kner 1863) but a valid subspecies -- (Poeser 2003:49 [ref. 26769] as a variation, Poeser 2003:360 [ref. 27075]). •Possibly a synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Ho et al. 2016:40 [ref. 34400] in subgenus Mollienesia, Huber 2019:117 [ref. 36941]). •Valid as Poecilia salvatoris Regan 1907 -- (Poeser 1995:244 [ref. 22070], Meyer & Radda 2000:76 [ref. 25029], Meyer et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26721], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], McMahan et al. 2013:447 [ref. 32422], Meyer 2015:247 [ref. 34698], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, González-Murcia et al. 2019:297 [ref. 36544], Angulo et al. 2023:62 [ref. 40676], Chan et al. 2023:150 [ref. 40365]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia salvatoris Regan 1907. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Central America: Atlantic and Pacific slopes (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua). Introduced in Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater.

thermalis, Poecilia Steindachner [F.] 1863:181 [20], Pl. 4 (figs. 3-3a) [Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften v. 48 (1. Abth.); ref. 4208] La Esperanza sulphur spring, Chiapas, Mexico. Syntypes: (40) NMW 15153 (5), 59834 (4), 60645 (5), 76504-07 (7, 7, 7, 4). On p. 20 of separate. Poeser 2003:49 wrongly considers thermalis Günther 1866 as an original description with a type locality. •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698]). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:49 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Poecilia thermalis Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:166 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2011:420 [ref. 31550], Palacios et al. 2013:13 [ref. 32935], Palacios et al. 2016:232 [ref. 34629] in subgenus Mollienesia, Huber 2019:120 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia thermalis Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Chiapas, Atlantic slope of southern Mexico. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

vantynei, Mollienesia sphenops Hubbs [C. L.] 1935:11, Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 28; ref. 11676] Río Hondo basin, Uaxactún, Guatemala. Holotype: UMMZ 97874. Paratypes: UMMZ 97875 (17). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:52 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863 -- (Poeser 2003:47 [ref. 26769], Poeser 2003:162 [ref. 26783], Poeser 2003:359 [ref. 27075], Meyer 2015:239 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:122 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia mexicana Steindachner 1863. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.