Species that contain: Poecilia and parae [ 5 ] records

amazonica, Poecilia Garman [S.] 1895:64, Pl. 4 (fig. 9) [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 19 (pt 1); ref. 1538] Santa Cruz, Pará, Brazil. Lectotype: MCZ 168870 [ex MCZ 27573]. Paralectotypes: MCZ 27573 (127), 69635 (97); UMMZ 146750 [ex MCZ 27573] (5); USNM 120286 [ex MCZ 27573a] (6). Type catalog: Parenti et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24072]. Original description based on specimens of P. parae and P. branneri; lectotype selected by Lucinda et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31137] (a specimen of P. parae). •Valid as Poecilia amazonica Garman 1895 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:57 [ref. 7067], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], Parenti et al. 1999:14 [ref. 24072], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia parae Eigenmann 1894 -- (Poeser 2003:144 [ref. 26783], Lucinda et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31137], Meyer 2015:264 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:94 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia parae Eigenmann 1894. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

bifurcus, Acanthophacelus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1909:52 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 1222] Christianburg, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 53539 [ex CM 1088]. Paratypes: (74, CM and IU) BMNH 1911.10.31.502-503 (2), 1911.10.31.504 (1); CAS 22557 [ex IU 11763-64] (7), 22558 [ex IU 11765-66] (6); FMNH 7526 (2), 52719-20 (5, 5), 52721 (2), 53539-40 (1, 3), 69530 (14), 72623 (5); MCZ 30119 (2); CAS-SU 21930 (2); USNM 66115 (3); ZMA 109208 (1); ZMB 18066 (2). Type catalog: Henn 1928:86 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:55 [ref. 12291], Nijssen et al. 1982:69 [ref. 19236], Paepke & Seegers 1986:172 [ref. 19981], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:4 [ref. 12367] as 36 paratypes from 2 localities, Parenti et al. 1999:3 [ref. 24072]. •Synonym of Poecilia parae Eigenmann 1894 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:56 [ref. 7067], Parenti et al. 1999:3 [ref. 24072], Poeser 2003:146 [ref. 26783]). •Valid as Micropoecilia bifurca (Eigenmann 1909) -- (Keith et al. 2000:64 [ref. 24547], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:564 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:46 [ref. 29205]). •Valid as Poecilia bifurca (Eigenmann 1909) -- (Bragança & Costa 2011:370 [ref. 31195], Bragança et al. 2012:337 [ref. 31747], Meyer 2015:258 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:95 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia bifurca (Eigenmann 1909). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Orinoco Delta: Venezuela to French Guyana. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

branneri, Poecilia Eigenmann [C. H.] 1894:629 [Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences v. 7 (art. 5); ref. 1214] Santarém, Pará, Brazil. Syntypes: (23) BMNH 1894.5.18.60 [from Eigenmann] (1); CAS-SU 2158 (2), 22550 [ex IU 5082] (2), 22551 [ex IU 5084] (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:55 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Micropoecilia branneri (Eigenmann 1894) -- (Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:564 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:46 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia parae Eigenmann 1894 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:56 [ref. 7067], Parenti et al. 1999:3 [ref. 24072], Poeser 2003:145 [ref. 26783]). •Valid as Poecilia branneri Eigenmann 1894 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:57 [ref. 7067], Costa & Sarraf 1997:186 [ref. 23280], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], Lucinda et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31137], Bragança & Costa 2011:370 [ref. 31195], Bragança et al. 2012:337 [ref. 31747], Meyer 2015:260 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:95 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia branneri Eigenmann 1894. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Lower Amazon River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

melanzonus, Acanthophacelus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1909:51 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 1222] In trenches, Georgetown, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 52717 [ex CM 1086]. Paratypes: (several, CM and IU) BMNH 1911.10.31.501 (1); CAS 22559 [ex IU 11762] (4); FMNH 7523 (1), 52718 (5); MCZ 30121 (1); NMW 81109 (1); USNM 66115 [not 66113] (1); ZMB 18063 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:86 [ref. 12305], Paepke & Seegers 1986:172 [ref. 19981], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:4 [ref. 12367], Parenti et al. 1999:3 [ref. 24072]. •Synonym of Micropoecilis parae (Eigenmann 1894) -- (Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:564 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia parae Eigenmann 1894 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:56 [ref. 7067], Parenti et al. 1999:3 [ref. 24072], Poeser 2003:144 [ref. 26783], Huber 2019:108 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia parae Eigenmann 1894. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

parae, Poecilia vivepara var. Eigenmann [C. H.] 1894:628 [Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences v. 7 (art. 5); ref. 1214] Ditches of Rua das Mongubas of Pará, Brazil. Syntypes: (about 150) CAS 22552 [ex IU 5079] (25), BMNH 1894.5.18.57-59 (3). The spelling parae [not parai] is acceptable; early workers almost certainly Latinized the name first, and then added an 'e' (Art. 31.1.1) [WNE, 12 Mar. 2012], the species was originally vivipara; also misspelled. •Valid as Micropoecilia parae (Eigenmann 1894) -- (Keith et al. 2000:66 [ref. 24547], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:564 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:46 [ref. 29205]). •Valid as Poecilia parae Eigenmann 1894 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:56 [ref. 7067], Costa & Sarraf 1997:186 [ref. 23280], Rodriguez 1997:673 [ref. 23266], Camargo & Isaac 2001:140 [ref. 27639], Poeser 2003:144 [ref. 26783], Lucinda et al. 2011:63 [ref. 31137], Bragança & Costa 2011:370 [ref. 31195], Bragança et al. 2012:337 [ref. 31747], Meyer 2015:264 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:112 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia parae Eigenmann 1894. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Guyana to Brazil: Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.