Micropoecilia picta

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: Micropoecilia
Species: Micropoecilia picta

Name

Micropoecilia picta (Regan, 1913)

• Original genus: Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Syntypes (many): BMNH 1872.6.11.11 (?), MNHN 1913-0226 [ex BMNH] (2), USNM 151459 (4)
• Type locality: Demerara River, Guyana

References

• Regan, C.T. 1913. A revision of the cyprinodont fishes of the subfamily Poeciliinae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 4: 977–1018, Pls. 99–101. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Poecilia picta in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on November 6, 2014.
• Micropoecilia picta – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Micropoecilia picta in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.