Micropoecilia

Micropoecilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cyprinodontiformes
Family:Poeciliidae
Subfamily:Poeciliinae
Genus:Micropoecilia
C. L. Hubbs, 1926

Micropoecilia is a genus of poeciliids native to fresh and brackish water from the Amazon Basin to Trinidad. While recognized as valid by FishBase, others have considered this genus as being synonymous with Poecilia.[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Micropoecilia bifurca (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
  • Micropoecilia branneri (C. H. Eigenmann, 1894) (Branner's livebearer)
  • Micropoecilia minima (W. J. E. M. Costa & Sarraf, 1997)
  • Micropoecilia picta (Regan, 1913) (Swamp guppy)

References

  1. ↑ Bragança, P. H. N. and W. J. E. M. Costa (2011): Poecilia sarrafae, a new poeciliid from the Paraíba and Mearim river basins, northeastern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontoidei). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 21 (no. 4) [Dec. 2010]: 369-376.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Micropoecilia in FishBase. August 2012 version.


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