Poecilia sphenops (Valenciennes)

Chan, Jeffery C. F., Tsang, Alphonse H. F., Yau, Sze-man, Hui, Tommy C. H., Lau, Anthony, Tan, Heok Hui, Low, Bi Wei, Dudgeon, David & Liew, Jia Huan, 2023, The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71, pp. 128-168 : 150-151

Poecilia sphenops (Valenciennes)

( Fig. 47 .)

Distribution. Lam Tsuen River ( Chan, 2001; C.H. Wan, pers. comm., 2021).

Native range. Central and South America.

Remarks. Has only been recorded twice, twenty years apart. It is scarce in the wild despite its prevalence in the local aquarium trade, suggesting that it has difficulty establishing itself.

Figures

Fig. 47. Poecilia sphenops (melanistic variety), Lam Tsuen River, note damaged dorsal fin, photographed by Chun Hin Wan.