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Please look in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes for authorships of sections, Families of Fishes (all), and related information. Species related to Poecilia melanogaster: [ 4 ] records melanogaster, Poecilia Günther [A.] 1866:345 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Jamaica or North America [probably Kingston, Jamaica]. Lectotype: BMNH 1848.1.12.1546. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1848.1.12.1547-1550 (4). ? Lectotype selection by Chambers 1987 in Journal of Fish Biology v. 30 (no. 4). •Valid as Limia melanogaster (Günther 1866) -- (Lee et al. 1983:34 [ref. 22527], Rodriguez 1997:671 [ref. 23266], Poeser 2003:135 [ref. 26783], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:563 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:46 [ref. 29205], Meyer 2015:138 [ref. 34698], Rodriguez-Silva & Weaver 2020:1368 [ref. 37404], Spikes et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38830]). •Valid as Poecilia melanogaster Günther 1866 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:60 [ref. 7067], Huber 2019:108 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia melanogaster Günther 1866. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Central America/West Indies: southern and western Jamaica. Habitat: freshwater. caudofasciata, Limia Regan [C. T.] 1913:1017, Pl. 101 (fig. 6) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 4) (art. 58); ref. 3653] Jamaica. Syntypes: (several) BMNH 1905.8.16.13-21 (?21), MNHN 1913-0227 (2), USNM 151463 [ex BMNH 1905.8.16.22] (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:31 [ref. 19576], Parenti et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24072]. •Synonym of Limia melanogaster (Günther 1866) -- (Lee et al. 1983:34 [ref. 22527], Poeser 2003:136 [ref. 26783]). •Valid as Poecilia caudofasciata (Regan 1913) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:60 [ref. 7067], Parenti et al. 1999:12 [ref. 24072], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:45 [ref. 29205]). •Synonym of Poecilia melanogaster Günther 1866 -- (Huber 2019:97 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia melanogaster Günther 1866. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater. tricolor, Limia caudofasciata var. Mayer [F.] (ex Myers) 1935:417, Abb. 1 [Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 32 (no. 27); ref. 30185] Small stream near Kingston, Jamaica. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Limia caudofasciata tricolor Stoye 1933. Based on Stoye (ex Myers) 1935, Tropical Fish for the Home, 2nd ed., p. 65, pl. 14, as Limia tricolor. Not an original description. •In the synonymy of Poecilia melanogaster Günther 1866 -- (Huber 2019:120 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia melanogaster Günther 1866. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. tricolor, Limia caudofasciata var. Stoye [F. H.] (ex Myers) 1933:13, 1 fig. [The Home Aquarium Bulletin v. 3 (no. 6); ref. 30184] Small stream near Kingston, Jamaica. No types known. •Synonym of Limia melanogaster (Günther 1866) -- (Lee et al. 1983:34 [ref. 22527], Poeser 2003:136 [ref. 26783], Meyer 2015:138 [ref. 34698]). •Synonym of Poecilia caudofasciata (Regan 1913) -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:60 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:567 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Poecilia melanogaster Günther 1866 -- (Huber 2019:120 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Synonym of Poecilia melanogaster Günther 1866. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Habitat: freshwater. |