WoRMS taxon details
Poecilia formosa (Girard, 1859)
275347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275347)
accepted
Species
Limia formosa Girard, 1859 · unaccepted
Mollienesia formosa (Girard, 1859) · unaccepted
(of Limia formosa Girard, 1859) Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 113-122 ;v. 11:150. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Poecilia formosa (Girard, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275347 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Limia formosa Girard, 1859) Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 113-122 ;v. 11:150. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Mollienesia formosa (Girard, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Limia formosa Girard, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poecilia formosa)
To Fishbase (from synonym Limia formosa Girard, 1859)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mollienesia formosa (Girard, 1859))
To FishBase images (Poecilia formosa, by Slaboch, R.)
To GenBank (97064 nucleotides; 49804 proteins)
To GenBank (97064 nucleotides; 49804 proteins) (from synonym Mollienesia formosa (Girard, 1859))
To GenBank (97064 nucleotides; 49804 proteins) (from synonym Limia formosa Girard, 1859)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Mollienesia formosa (Girard, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Limia formosa Girard, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poecilia formosa)
To Fishbase (from synonym Limia formosa Girard, 1859)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mollienesia formosa (Girard, 1859))
To FishBase images (Poecilia formosa, by Slaboch, R.)
To GenBank (97064 nucleotides; 49804 proteins)
To GenBank (97064 nucleotides; 49804 proteins) (from synonym Mollienesia formosa (Girard, 1859))
To GenBank (97064 nucleotides; 49804 proteins) (from synonym Limia formosa Girard, 1859)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
