WoRMS taxon details
Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Acanthophacelus Eigenmann, 1907 · unaccepted
Allopoecilia Hubbs, 1924 · unaccepted
Lebistes De Filippi, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lembesseia Fowler, 1949 · unaccepted
Molinesia · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mollienesia Lesueur, 1821 · unaccepted
Mollienisia · unaccepted (misspelling)
Neopoecilia Hubbs, 1924 · unaccepted
Pamphoria Regan, 1913 · unaccepted
Parapoecilia Hubbs, 1924 · unaccepted
Pocilia · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Poecilia akroa Figueiredo & Moreira, 2018
- Species Poecilia formosa (Girard, 1859)
- Species Poecilia islai (Rodriguez-Silva & Weaver, 2020)
- Species Poecilia kykesis Poeser, 2002
- Species Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821)
- Species Poecilia mandibularis (Rodriguez-Silva, Torres-Pineda & Josaphat, 2020)
- Species Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863
- Species Poecilia nelsoni (Meek, 1904)
- Species Poecilia orri Fowler, 1943
- Species Poecilia parae Eigenmann, 1894
- Species Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859
- Species Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Poecilia velifera (Regan, 1914)
- Species Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Poecilia amazonica Garman, 1895 accepted as Poecilia parae Eigenmann, 1894 (synonym)
- Species Poecilia bensonii Peters, 1864 accepted as Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril, 1861)
- Species Poecilia boucardii Steindachner, 1878 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Poecilia calaritana Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Aphanius fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1821)
- Species Poecilia caudata Meek, 1909 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Poecilia caymanensis (Rivas & Fink, 1970) accepted as Limia caymanensis Rivas & Fink, 1970 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Poecilia chisoyensis Günther, 1866 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Poecilia coenicola Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Poecilia cuneata Garman, 1895 accepted as Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863
- Species Poecilia decemmaculata Jenyns, 1842 accepted as Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns, 1842)
- Species Poecilia dovii Günther, 1866 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Poecilia elongata Günther, 1866 accepted as Poeciliopsis elongata (Günther, 1866)
- Species Poecilia fasciata Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Species Poecilia fusca Forster, 1801 accepted as Eleotris fusca (Forster, 1801)
- Species Poecilia gracilis Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns, 1842)
- Species Poecilia helleri (Heckel, 1848) accepted as Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 (misspelling)
- Species Poecilia holacanthus (Hubbs, 1924) accepted as Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Poecilia kykensis Poeser, 2002 accepted as Poecilia kykesis Poeser, 2002
- Species Poecilia latipes Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 accepted as Oryzias latipes (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- Species Poecilia limantouri Jordan & Snyder, 1899 accepted as Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863
- Species Poecilia lineolata Girard, 1858 accepted as Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Poecilia melanzona (Eigenmann, 1909) accepted as Poecilia parae Eigenmann, 1894
- Species Poecilia multilineata Lesueur, 1821 accepted as Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Poecilia picta Regan, 1913 accepted as Micropoecilia picta (Regan, 1913)
- Species Poecilia reticulate Peters, 1859 accepted as Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 (misspelling)
- Species Poecilia reticulatus Peters, 1859 accepted as Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 (misspelling)
- Species Poecilia rivasi (Franz & Burgess, 1983) accepted as Limia rivasi Franz & Burgess, 1983
- Species Poecilia schneideri Valenciennes, 1821 accepted as Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Poecilia spilauchena Duméril, 1861 accepted as Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril, 1861)
- Species Poecilia spilonota Regan, 1908 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Poecilia spilurus Günther, 1866 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Poecilia surinamensis Valenciennes, 1821 accepted as Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Poecilia tenuis Meek, 1907 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Poecilia unimaculata Valenciennes, 1821 accepted as Poecilia vivipara Bloch & Schneider, 1801
- Species Poecilia vetiprovidentiae Fowler, 1950 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Poecilia vittata Guichenot, 1853 accepted as Limia vittata (Guichenot, 1853)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154394 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]
original description (of Lebistes De Filippi, 1861) De Filippi, F. (1861). Note Zoologiche. IV. Lebistes nuovo genere di pesce della famiglia dei Ciprinodonti. <em>Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. (Genova).</em> 1(4): 69-70. [details]
original description (of Mollienesia Lesueur, 1821) Lesueur, C. A. (1821). Description of a new genus, and of several new species of fresh water fish, indigenous to the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 2 (pt 1): 2-8, Pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Lebistes De Filippi, 1861) De Filippi, F. (1861). Note Zoologiche. IV. Lebistes nuovo genere di pesce della famiglia dei Ciprinodonti. <em>Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. (Genova).</em> 1(4): 69-70. [details]
original description (of Mollienesia Lesueur, 1821) Lesueur, C. A. (1821). Description of a new genus, and of several new species of fresh water fish, indigenous to the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 2 (pt 1): 2-8, Pls. 1-3. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]



