Poecilia kempkesi

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 kempkesi

Name

Poecilia kempkesi Poeser, 2013

• Syntypes: RMNH 34387.

Type locality: Surinam, Paramaribo.

Etymology: The species is named after Michael Kempkes, friend of the author and guppy enthusiast.

References

• Lindholm, A. K., Breden, F., Alexander, H. J., Chan, W.-K., Thakurta, S. G. & Brooks, R.; 2005: Invasion success and genetic diversity of introduced populations of guppies Poecilia reticulata in Australia. Molecular Ecology, 14: 3671–3682. PDF
• Hieronimus, H.; 2013: Wie man eine Art (er)findet. DGLZ-rundschau 2013 (1): 23–26.
• Poeser, F. N.; 2013: Apropos Guppys... viviparos, Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin, 11 (1): 36–40, 56. PDF

Notes

It is published in a non-peer-reviewed (so called unscientific paper). The Nomenclatural availability of the name is doubtful (Hieronimus 2013).