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From the Amazonriver to the Amazon molly and back again

Poeser, F.N.

Publication date 2003

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Citation for published version (APA): Poeser, F. N. (2003). From the Amazonriver to the Amazon molly and back again. IBED, Universiteit van Amsterdam.

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Download date:02 Oct 2021 Appendix I I

A catalogue of genera considered closely related or synonymous with .

The introduction to this thesis recorded several named taxa that have been identified as Poecilia, more or less related to Poecilia, or merely misidentified as Poecilia, causing considerable confusion in taxonomie treatments. In this section, based on Eschmeyer (1990), these taxa are recorded and those relevant for the present study are designated.

Acanthophacelus Eigenmann, 1907. Type species by original designation: Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859. With the allocation of this well known species to its own , based on a detailed description of the gonopodium, Eigenmann rejected the generic allocations of Peters (1859), De Filippi (1861) and Günther (1866). The genus Lebistes de Filippi (1861), to which taxon the guppy was traditionally assigned (cf. Regan, 1913), was know from an inaccurate description only (cf. Günther, 1866; Poeser and Isbriicker, 2002). Eigenmann (1912) regarded Lebistes synonymous with Poecilia, following Garman (1895). However, Eigenmann (1920) recognized L. reticulatus as valid.

Acropoecilia Hilgendorf, 1889. Type species by monotypy: Poecilia tridens Hilgendorf, 1889. This taxon is considered a junior synonym of Limia Poey, 1854. Its recognition as a valid subgenus (Breden et al, 1999) is herein considered as a misinterpretation of Rodriguez' paper (Rodriguez, 1997: 671).

Alazon Gistel, 1848 is an unneeded replacement name for Poecilia, not preoccupied by Poecilus in Coleoptera.

Alfaro Meek, 1912. Type species, by original designation, Petalosoma cultrata Regan, 1908, from Costa Rica. Alfaro was considered part of the (cf. Rosen and Bailey [1963]) and is, therefore, included in the present study.

Allopoecilia Hubbs, 1924. Type species by original designation: Girardinus caucanus Steindachner, 1880, from Colombia. Allopoecilia was considered a synonym of Poecilia (cf. Rosen and Bailey [1963]) and is, therefore, included in the present study.

Aulophallus Hubbs, 1926 (= Poecilia elongata Günther, 1866) is a synonym of Poeciliopsis Regan, 1913. This genus is not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study.

Cnesterodon Garman, 1895 (= Poecilia decemmaculata Jenyns, 1842) is a valid genus, not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study.

Ctenocharax Regan, 1907 (Ctenocharax bogotensis Regan, 1907 might be a secondary homonym of Poecilia bogotensis Humboldt, 1821) is a member of the Characidae, not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study.

Curtipenis Rivas and Myers, 1950, type species by original designation: Mollienisia elegans Trewavas, 1948, from Hispaniola. It was considered as a junior synonym of Poecilia by Rosen and Bailey (1963) and is, therefore, considered in the present study.

Furcipenis Hubbs, 1931. Type species, by original designation, Priapichthys huberi Fowler, 1923, from Nicaragua. Furcipenis was allocated to Alfaro (cf. Rosen, 1952), sharing all diagnostic characters (cf. Rodriguez, 1997). II Appendix I

Grundulus Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846 (= Poecilia bogotensis Humboldt, 1821) is a member of the Characidae, not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study.

Gulapinnus Langer, 1913 (= Poecilia decemmaculata Jenyns, 1842) is a member of the Cnesterodontini, not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study.

Hubbsichthys Schultz, 1949. Type species, by monotypy: H. laurae from Venezuela. This genus was created to describe H. laurae, a new species from Venezuela. The figured specimen (Schultz, 1949) shows, among other characters, 12 dorsal fin rays, which number is very unusual for Poecilia, especially in South American species. It was allocated to Poecilia by Parenti (1981), without comparisons or mentioning any material examined, so the genus Hubbsichthys must still be considered as valid. It is not considered herein.

Lebistes De Filippi, 1861. Type species, by monotypy, L. poecilioides, official type locality: Barbados. Regan (1913) synonymized Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 from Venezuela, L. poecilioides and Girardinus guppyi (sic) Giinther, 1866 from Venezuela and Trinidad. This taxon is replaced by Acanthophacelus Eigenmann, 1907 in the present study, based on the inconclusive description of Lebistes (cf. De Filippi, 1861; Poeser and Isbriicker, 2002).

Lembesseia Fowler, 1949. Type species, by original designation, L. parvianalis, from Africa, Congo system, Oka. The description of L. parvianalis was probably based on a specimen of P. gillii (cf. Poeser, in press), therefore, the name is available for the P. sphenops species group if this species group is separated from both Poecilia and Mollienesia.

Limia Poey, 1854. Type species, first designated by Henn (1916), Limia cubensis. This genus was considered a subgenus of Poecilia by Rosen and Bailey (1963) and is, therefore, considered in the present study.

Lycocyprinus Peters, 1868 (= Poecilia sexfasciata Peters, 1864) is a member of the Aplocheilidae, not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study.

Micropoecilia Hubbs, 1926. Type species, by original designation, Poecilia vivipara parae Eigenmann, 1894, from Brazil. was synonymized with Lebistes (Rosen and Bailey, 1963) in the subgenus Lebistes and is, therefore, considered in the present study.

Mollienesia LeSueur, 1821. Type species, by monotypy, Mollienesia latipinna, from New Orleans, USA. Mollienesia is presently considered a subgenus of Poecilia (cf. Miller, 1975) and is, therefore, considered in the present study.

Neopoecilia Hubbs, 1924. Type species, by original designation, is N. holacanthus, from Puerto Rico (= misidentification of P. vivipara). Hubbs (1926) recognized his misidentification in 1924. In the present paper it is regarded as P. vivipara.

Odonlolimia Rivas, 1980. Type species, by original designation, Limia grossidens Rivas, 1980, from Hispaniola. Its status as subgenus is not considered in the present study. It is considered as a synonym of Limia. However, a list of species is included in Chapter 11.

Oryzias Jordan and Snyder, 1906 (= Poecilia latipes Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) is a member of the Adrianichthyidae, not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study. Appendix I III

Pamphoria Regan, 1913. Type species, by monotypy, Cnestewdon scalpridens Garman, 1895, from Santarem, Amazon Basin. It is considered a synonym of Pamphorichthys Regan, 1913 in the present paper, following Costa (1991).

Pamphorichthys Regan, 1913. Type species, by monotypy, Heterandria minor Garman, 1895, from Villa Bella, Brazil. Pamphorichthys was considered a subgenus oï Poecilia (Rosen and Bailey, 1963) and is, therefore, considered in the present study.

Parapoecilia Hubbs, 1924. Type species, by original designation, Limia hollandi Henn, 1916, from Penedo, Brazil. I follow Costa (1991), who considered it part of Pamphorichthys.

Platypoecilus Günther, 1866. Type species, by original designation, P. maculatus Giinther, 1866, from Mexico. Platypoecilus is a well-known synonym of Xiphophorus (cf. Marcus and McCune, 1999).

Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801. Type species, by subsequent designation (Bleeker, 1863), P. vivipara, from Surinam. This is the type genus of the .

Poeciliopsis Regan, 1913 (= Poecilia presidionis Jordan and Culver, 1895) is a member of the Heterandriini (sensu Rosen and Bailey, 1963), not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study.

Priapella Regan, 1913. Type species, by monotypy, Gambusia bonita Meek, 1904, from Mexico. Priapella was considered part of the Poeciliini (cf. Rosen and Bailey [1963]) and is, therefore, included in the present study.

Pseudopoecilia Regan, 1913 (= Poecilia festae Boulenger, 1898) is a member of the Heterandriini (sensu Rosen and Bailey, 1963), not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study.

Pseudolimia Poeser, 2002. Type species, by original designation, Limia heterandria Regan, 1913 from Venezuela. This species was removed from Limia (cf. Rosen and Bailey, 1963) and subsequently removed from Poecilia, subgenus Pamphorichthys (cf. Costa, 1991). It is considered sufficiently related to Poecilia to be included in the present study (Poeser, 2002).

Psychropoecilia Myers, 1935. Type species, by original designation, Platypoecilus dominicensis Evermann and Clark, 1906, from Hispaniola. This taxon was considered a synonym of Poecilia by Rosen and Bailey (1963).

Recepoecilia Whitley, 1951 is an unneeded replacement name for Micropoecilia, not preoccupied by Micropoecila in Coleoptera.

Xenisma Jordan and Copeland, 1877 (= Poecilia catenata Storer, 1846) is a member of the Fundulidae, not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study.

Xiphophorus Heckel, 1848. Type species, by original designation, X. helleri Heckel, 1848, from Mexico. Xiphophorus was considered part of the Poeciliini (cf. Rosen and Bailey [1963]) and is, therefore, included in the present study. IV Appendix I

Zygonectes Agassiz, 1854 (= Poecilia olivacea Storer, 1845) is a member of the Fundulidae, not closely related to Poecilia and is, therefore, not considered in the present study.

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