Poecilia koperi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 koperi

Name

Poecilia koperi Poeser, 2003

• Holotype: UMMZ 223343. Paratypes: UMMZ 223344 (1). Plus additional material [not designated as paratypes].
• Type locality: Rio Curipe at Higuerote, Venezuela.

References

• Poeser, F.N. 2003. Geographic variation in Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) with descriptions of three new species and lectotypes for P. dovii Günther, 1866 and for P. vandepolli van Lidth de Jeude, 1887. In: From the Amazon R. to the Amazon molly and back again. The evolution and systematics of the genus Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801. Chapter 5 (Thesis): 44–69. Reference page. 

Links

• Poecilia koperi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 25, 2015.
• Poecilia koperi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Poecilia koperi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.