Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859

dos Santos, Sergio Alexandre & de Britto, Marcelo Ribeiro, 2021, The ichthyofauna of a poorly known area in the middle-southern Espinhaco mountain range, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: diagnostics and identification keys, ZooKeys 1054, pp. 25-66 : 25

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.67554

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BAEC6089-8F87-4A56-BAD0-8E2922E22F60

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B1FC357-DDD7-5BB3-A1AF-FE5BC846FB68

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scientific name

Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859
status

 

Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 View in CoL

Distribution.

Trinidad and Tobago in Central America and Northern South America.

Remarks.

Poecilia reticulata was widely introduced in aquatic environments in Brazil, so its occurrence in many rivers of the country is quite common nowadays.