Poecilia mechthildae

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 mechthildae

Name

Poecilia mechthildae Meyer, Etzel & Bork, 2002

• Holotype: MTD F 26473. Paratypes: MTD F 26474-76 (3); SMF 28889 (6). Type catalog: Zarske 2003:27.
• Type locality: 6 kilometers upstream of the mouth of Río Acandi, near Acandi, Colombia.

References

• Meyer, M.K., Etzel, V. & Bork, D. 2002. A new species of Poecilia, subgenus Mollienesia, from Colombia, with comments on Poecilia cuneata Garman, 1895 and other related taxa (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 52: 49–55. Reference page. 

Links

• Poecilia (Mollienesia) mechthildae in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 7, 2015.
• Poecilia mechthildae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Poecilia mechthildae in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.