Pseudopoecilia
Appearance
Pseudopoecilia | |
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Pseudopoecilia fria, specimens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Tribe: | Heterandriini |
Genus: | Pseudopoecilia Regan, 1913 |
Type species | |
Poecilia festae Boulenger, 1898[1]
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Pseudopoecilia is a genus of small poeciliid fishes native to rivers, streams, springs, ponds and pools in the Chocó-Tumbes region in southwestern Colombia, western Ecuador and northwestern Peru.
Species
[edit]There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Pseudopoecilia austrocolumbiana Radda, 1987
- Pseudopoecilia festae (Boulenger, 1898)
- Pseudopoecilia fria (C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudopoecilia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudopoecilia". FishBase. August 2012 version.