Poecilia Bloch & Schneider

Lucinda, Paulo Henrique Franco & Reis, Roberto E., 2005, Systematics of the subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), with an emphasis on the tribe Cnesterodontini Hubbs, Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (1), pp. 1-60 : 45

Poecilia Bloch & Schneider

Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 452 . Type species: Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801 . Type by subsequent designation. Gender: feminine.

Mollienesia Lesueur, 1821: 3 . Type species: Mollienesia latipinna Lesueur, 1821 . Type by monotypy. Gender: feminine.

Alazon Gistel, 1848 : X. Type species: Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801 . Type by being a replacement name. Gender: masculine.

Allopoecilia Hubbs, 1924: 11 . Type species: Girardinus caucanus Steindachner, 1880 . Type by original designation. Gender: feminine.

Neopoecilia Hubbs, 1924: 11 . Type species: Neopoecilia holacanthus Hubbs, 1924 . Type by original designation. Gender: feminine.

Psychropoecilia Myers, 1935: 311 . Type species: Platypoecilus dominicensis Evermann & Clark, 1906 . Type by original designation. Gender: feminine.

? Lembesseia Fowler, 1949: 267 . Type species: Lembesseia parvianalis Fowler, 1949 . Type by original designation. Gender: feminine.

Curtipenis Rivas & Myers , 1950: 289. Type species: Mollienesia elegans Trewavas, 1948 . Type by original designation. Gender: masculine .

Composition. Poecilia amazonica Garman , P. boesemani Poeser , P. butleri Jordan, P. catemaconis Miller , P. caucana (Steindachner) , P. caudofasciata (Regan) , P. chica Miller , P. elegans (Trewavas) , P. formosa (Girard) , P. gillii (Kner) ; P. hispaniolana Rivas, P. koperi Poeser , P. kykesis Poeser , P. koperi Poeser , P. latipinna (Lesueur) , P. latipunctata Meek , P. marcellinoi Poeser , P. maylandi Meyer , P. mechthildae Meyer, Etzel & Bork , P. mexicana Steindachner , P. orri Fowler , P. petenensis Günther , P. salvatoris Regan , P. sphenops Valenciennes , P. sulphuraria (Alvarez) , P. teresae Greenfield , P. vandepolli Van Lidth de Jeude , P. velifera (Regan) ; P. vivipara Bloch & Schneider , P. wandae Poeser , and P. zonata Nichols.

Distribution. North, Central, and South America.