Poecilia reticulata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Poeciliini
Genus: Poecilia
Species: Poecilia reticulata

Name

Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859

Locality: Guayre River, Caracas, Venezuela

Syntype: BMNH 1866.6.6.3 [ex ZMB] (1)

Synonyms

Girardinus guppii Günther, 1866: 353.
Acanthophacelus guppii (Günther, 1866)
Acanthophacelus reticulatus (Peters, 1859)
Haridichthys reticulatus (Peters, 1859)
Heterandria guppyi (Günther, 1866)
Girardinus reticulatus (Peters, 1859)
Lebistes poecilioides De Filippi, 1861
Lebistes poeciloides De Filippi, 1861
Lebistes reticulatus (Peters, 1859)
Poecilia reticulatus Peters, 1859
Poecilioides reticulatus (Peters, 1859)

References

Peters, W.C.H. 1859. Eine neue vom Herrn Jagor im atlantischen Meere gefangene Art der Gattung Leptocephalus, und über einige andere neue Fische des Zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1859 (June): 412.

Links

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1859
Poecilia reticulata in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Poecilia reticulata in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Гупі
čeština: Živorodka duhová
English: Guppy
Bahasa Indonesia: Gupi, Cere
한국어: 구피,거피 (guppy)
português: Guppy
svenska: Guppy
ไทย: ปลาหางนกยูง
中文: 孔雀魚