Poecilia chica

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

Poecilia chica Miller, 1975

Holotype: UMMZ 172134. Paratypes: LACM 34315-1 (20); KU 15497 (10); UMMZ 166452 (14), 167857 (39), 172129 (9), 172135 (198), 172213 (1016, 5 c&s), 173583 (4), 173798 (1), 178370 (224), 178374 (62), 187895 (5, c&s), 192213 (843), 192217 (122), 195951 (1, allotype); USNM 214088 [ex UMMZ 192213] (30). Type catalog: Parenti et al., 1999:14.
Type locality: Tributary of Río Purificación La Concepción, about 8.5 kilometers east of La Herta, Jalisco, Mexico, 19°30'N, 104°34'W, elevation 305 meters.

English: Dwarf molly

Miller, R.R. 1975: Five new species of Mexican poeciliid fishes of the genera Poecilia, Gambusia, and Poeciliopsis. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 672: 1–44. PDF Reference page.

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IUCN: Poecilia chica Miller, 1975 (Data Deficient)