pallida, Mollienesia sphenops de Buen [F.] 1943:252, Figs. 1-3 [Anales del Instituto de Biologia de la Universidad de Mexico v. 14 (no. 1); ref. 13095] Plaza La Bocana del Río Marqués, Mexico. Syntypes: (24) probably lost. •Valid as Poecilia pallida (de Buen 1943) -- (Poeser 2003:166 [ref. 26783], Huber 2019:112 [ref. 36941]). •Synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes 1846 -- (Rosen & Bailey 1963:53 [ref. 7067], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:569 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Poecilia pallida (de Buen 1943). Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Balsas River basin, Mexico. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.