Poole, Karen E.
Micropoecilia
Sign in to saveMicropoecilia 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.
Species
Scarlet Livebearer
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyPoeciliidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Collections
- KU, UMMZ, MPEG, NRM
- Recorded in
- Suriname, Brasil
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- Image
- Poecilia bifurca.jpg
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- taxon name
- Micropoecilia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Micropoecilia
- Commons category
- Micropoecilia
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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.
==Species== There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Micropoecilia bifurca (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909) Micropoecilia branneri (C. H. Eigenmann, 1894) (Branner's livebearer) Micropoecilia minima (W. J. E. M. Costa & Sarraf, 1997)
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