WoRMS name details
Mollienesia Lesueur, 1821
297132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:297132)
unaccepted
Genus
Molinesia · unaccepted (misspelling)
Mollienisia · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Mollienesia altissima Hubbs, 1936 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Mollienesia elongata (Günther, 1866) accepted as Poeciliopsis elongata (Günther, 1866)
- Species Mollienesia formosa (Girard, 1859) accepted as Poecilia formosa (Girard, 1859)
- Species Mollienesia latipinna Lesueur, 1821 accepted as Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Mollienesia macrura Hubbs, 1935 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Mollienesia pallida de Buen, 1943 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Mollienesia vantynei Hubbs, 1935 accepted as Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846
- Species Mollienesia velifera Regan, 1914 accepted as Poecilia velifera (Regan, 1914)
marine, terrestrial
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mollienesia Lesueur, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=297132 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
