Mollienesia Lesueur [C. A.] 1821:3 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.