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Poecilia
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Poecilia is a genus of fishes in the family Poeciliidae of the order Cyprinodontiformes. These livebearers are native to fresh, brackish and, saltwater in the Americas, and some species in the genus are euryhaline. A few have adapted to living in waters that contain high levels of toxic hydrogen sulfide (), and a population of P. mexicana lives in caves (other populations of this species are surface-living).
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Poecilia is a genus of fish within the family Poeciliidae. It belongs to the order Cyprinodontiformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata. The genus was described by Bloch & Schneider in 1801 and is currently accepted in taxonomic records. Its habitats include marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.
One species within this genus is commonly known as the Guppy. Records indicate that Poecilia has been observed in countries including Trinidad And Tobago, Mexico, the United States, Belice, and Belize. Institutional collections holding records for this group include TCWC, ECOSUR, UWFC, CUMV, and IBUNAM.
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Species
Guppy
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyPoeciliidae
Poecilia wingei Poecilia gillii Poecilia sphenops Poecilia vivipara Род насчитывает 33 вида[1][2]: Poecilia amazonica Poecilia boesemani Poecilia butleri Poecilia catemaconis Poecilia caucan Poecilia caudofasciata Poecilia chica Poecilia dauli Poecilia elegans Амазонская моллинезия (Poecilia formosa) Poecilia gillii Poecilia hispaniolana Poecilia koperi Poecilia kykesis Широкоплавниковая моллинезия (Poecilia latipinna) Poecilia latipunctata Poecilia marcellinoi Poecilia maylandi Poecilia mechthildae Poecilia mexicana Poecilia nicholsi Poecilia orri Poecilia petenensis Гуппи (Poecilia reticulata) Poecilia rositae Poecilia salvatoris Малоплавниковая моллинезия (Poecilia sphenops) Poecilia sulphuraria Poecilia teresae Poecilia vandepolli Парусная моллинезия (Poecilia velifera), или моллинезия-велифера Poecilia vivipara Poecilia wandae Poecilia wingei Дополнительные сведения Настоящих пецилий (род Poecilia) следует отличать от пецилии пятнистой Xiphophorus maculatus (ранее называемой плятипецилией), относящейся к роду меченосцев (Xiphophorus). Примечания ↑ Poecilia FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006. ↑ Решетников Ю. С., Котляр А. Н., Ра
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 779
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Collections
- TCWC, ECOSUR, UWFC, CUMV, IBUNAM, ENCB-IPN
- Recorded in
- Trinidad And Tobago, Mexico, United States, Belice, Belize, Guatemala, Brazil
Research
2,218 papers- Investigation of extragonadal teratomas in two Poecilia wingei.Journal of fish diseases · 2024
- Genome report: Genome of the Amazon guppy (Poecilia bifurca) reveals conservation of sex chromosomes and dosage compensation.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025
- The guppy (Poecilia reticulata) is a useful model for analyzing age-dependent changes in metabolism, motor function, and gene expression.Experimental gerontology · 2022
- Infection of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) with the Asian fish tapeworm Schyzocotyle acheilognathi in an urban stream in Brazil.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2024
- Rapid Evolution of Complete Dosage Compensation in Poecilia.Genome biology and evolution · 2021
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy and etymology
- In aquaria
- Species
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Poecilia is a genus of fishes in the family Poeciliidae of the order Cyprinodontiformes. These livebearers are native to fresh, brackish and, saltwater in the Americas, and some species in the genus are euryhaline. A few have adapted to living in waters that contain high levels of toxic hydrogen sulfide (), and a population of P. mexicana lives in caves (other populations of this species are surface-living).
Some common and widespread species are often kept as aquarium fish, while others have very small ranges and are seriously threatened. Species in Poecilia are called mollies (e. g. P. sphenops) or guppies (e. g. P. reticulata) depending on body shape.
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