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Species that contain: Poeciliopsis and gracilis [ 5 ] records

gracilis, Xiphophorus Heckel [J. J.] 1848:300, Pl. 9 (figs. 3-4) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 1 (pt 1-5) [1848]; ref. 2069] Orizaba, Mexico. Syntypes: (13) NMW 59600 (3), 76512 (6), 76514 (2, dry), 81118 (4). •Valid as Poeciliopsis gracilis (Heckel 1848) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:136 [ref. 7067], Lee et al. 1980:552 [ref. 22416], Villa 1982:135 [ref. 36708], Page & Burr 1991:240 [ref. 18983], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:51 [ref. 22290], Fuller et al. 1999:314 [ref. 25838], Moyle 2002:324 [ref. 26449], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:570 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:105 [ref. 27807], Lucinda & Reis 2005:43 [ref. 29205], Miller 2006:243 [ref. 28615] restricted to e. Mexico, Scharpf 2007:21 [ref. 30398], Bussing 2008:834 [ref. 29806], Minckley & Marsh 2009:257 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:452 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:110 [ref. 32708], Meyer 2015:287 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:127 [ref. 36941], López-Segovia et al. 2020:111 [ref. 38151], Ward et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39030], Angulo et al. 2023:62 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Poeciliopsis gracilis (Heckel 1848). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Southern North America, Central America: Atlantic slope of Mexico south to Honduras: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. Introduced in California (U.S.A.) and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

heckeli, Gambusia Bleeker [P.] 1860:485 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 7 (art. 2); ref. 380] Orizaba, Mexico. Syntypes: (13) NMW 59600 (3), 76512 (6), 76514 (2, dry), 81118 (4). Unneeded replacement name for Xiphophorus gracilis Heckel 1848, not preoccupied by the later Gambusia gracilis Girard 1859. •Synonym of Poeciliopsis gracilis (Heckel 1848) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:136 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:570 [ref. 27061], Meyer 2015:287 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:127 [ref. 36941]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Poeciliopsis gracilis (Heckel 1848). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

letonai, Priapichthys Hildebrand [S. F.] 1925:258, Figs. 12-13 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 41 (no. 985); ref. 15590] Río San Miguel, San Miguel, El Salvador. Holotype: USNM 87251. Paratypes: FMNH 12055-60 (6), 12061-66 (5), 12067-72 (6), 120373-82 (10), 12083-92 (10), 12093 (6); UMMZ (3+8); USNM 87252-57 (18, 15, 28, 26, 32, 15), 87259-62 (30, 11, 22, 15), 339268 (1, allotype). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:69 [ref. 12367], Parenti et al. 1999:17 [ref. 24072]. •Synonym of Poeciliopsis gracilis (Heckel 1848) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:137 [ref. 7067], Parenti et al. 1999:17 [ref. 24072], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:570 [ref. 27061], Bussing 2008:834 [ref. 29806], Huber 2019:128 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poeciliopsis gracilis (Heckel 1848). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater.

lutzi, Heterandria Meek [S. E.] 1902:106, Pl. 20 lower [Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series v. 3 (no. 6); ref. 2957] Río Quiotepec at Cuicatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. Holotype: FMNH 3718. Paratypes: CAS 22767 [ex IU 10991] (13); FMNH 3710 (53), 3719 (104), 72567 (14), 3723 (200); UMMZ 162463 (9); USNM 126184 [ex USBF 1613] (now 3). Type catalog: Parenti et al. 1999:11 [ref. 24072]. •Synonym of Poeciliopsis gracilis (Heckel 1848) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:136 [ref. 7067], Parenti et al. 1999:11 [ref. 24072], Minckley & Marsh 2009:257 [ref. 31114], Meyer 2015:287 [ref. 34698]). •Valid as Poeciliopsis lutzi (Meek 1902) -- (Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:52 [ref. 22290], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:570 [ref. 27061], Nelson et al. 2004:105 [ref. 27807], Lucinda & Reis 2005:43 [ref. 29205], Bussing 2008:834 [ref. 29806], Scharpf 2007:17 [ref. 30398], Page et al. 2013:110 [ref. 32708], Huber 2019:128 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poeciliopsis lutzi (Meek 1902). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Atlantic slope of Oaxaca, Mexico. Habitat: freshwater.

pleurospilus, Girardinus Günther [A.] 1866:353 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Lake of Dueñas, Guatemala. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.26.180 (24), ZMB 6078 (3). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:174 [ref. 19981]. •Synonym of Poeciliopsis gracilis (Heckel 1848) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:136 [ref. 7067], Lee et al. 1980:552 [ref. 22416], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:570 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Poeciliopsis pleurospilus (Günther 1866) -- (Nelson et al. 2004:105 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:247 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:17 [ref. 30398], Bussing 2008:829 [ref. 29806], Matamoros et al. 2009:14 [ref. 31241], McMahan et al. 2013:448 [ref. 32422], Page et al. 2013:110 [ref. 32708], Meyer 2015:297 [ref. 34698], Romero-Berny et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35859], González-Murcia et al. 2019:297 [ref. 36544], Huber 2019:129 [ref. 36941], Conway et al. 2019:115 [ref. 37045], López-Segovia et al. 2020:111 [ref. 38151], Ward et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39030], Angulo et al. 2023:63 [ref. 40676]). Current status: Valid as Poeciliopsis pleurospilus (Günther 1866). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Southern North America, Central America: Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico. Habitat: freshwater.


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