WoRMS taxon details

Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863

275349  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275349)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Steindachner, F. (1863). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Sciaenoiden Brasiliens und der Cyprinodonten Mejicos. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> v. 48 (1. Abth.): 162-185, Pls. 1-4. [Also as a separate, Wien, pp. 1-24, Pls. 1-4.]. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275349 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature

original description Steindachner, F. (1863). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Sciaenoiden Brasiliens und der Cyprinodonten Mejicos. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> v. 48 (1. Abth.): 162-185, Pls. 1-4. [Also as a separate, Wien, pp. 1-24, Pls. 1-4.]. [details] 

original description (of Poecilia cuneata Garman, 1895) Garman, S. (1895). The cyprinodonts. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 19 (pt 1): 1-179, Pls. 1-12. [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] OpenAccess publication

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] 

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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English shortfin molly  [details]
Spanish topote del Atlántico  [details]