Poecilia teresae

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 teresae Greenfield, 1990

Holotype: FMNH 82918. Paratypes: FMNH 99270 (33), UMMZ 214591 (4, 2 c&s), USNM 305307 (4). Type catalog: Parenti et al. 1999:16.
Type locality: Macal River on Mountain Pine Ridge, tributary of eastern branch of Belize River, Belize, 16°52'N, 89°01'W.

Greenfield, D.W. 1990: Poecilia teresae, a new species of poeciliid fish from Belize, Central America. Copeia, 1990 (no. 2): 449–454. DOI: 10.2307/1444391 Reference page.

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