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Poecilia caucana (Steindachner, 1880)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cyprinodontiformes
family
Poeciliidae
genus
Poecilia
species
Poecilia caucana

Name

Synonyms
Allopoecilia caucana (Steindachner, 1880)
Girardinus caucanus Steindachner, 1880
Hubbsichthys laurae Schultz, 1949
Mollienesia caucana (Steindachner, 1880)
Mollienisia caucana (Steindachner, 1880)
Homonyms
Poecilia caucana (Steindachner, 1880)
Common names
Cauca Molly in English
Cauca-molly in Danish
Parivivo in Spanish
South American molly in English
South American molly in English
south american molly in language.
živorodka kolumbijská in Czech
مولي أمريكا الجنوبية in Arabic
مولي كوكا in Arabic
Parivivo in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Castellanos-Morales, C. A., Marino-Zamudio, L. L., Guerrero-V, L., & Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A. (2011). Peces del departamento de Santander, Colombia. Revista Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 35(135), 189–212
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Mojica, J. I., C. Castellanos, P. Sánchez-Duarte & C. Díaz.2006. Peces de la cuenca del río Ranchería, La Guajira, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 7 (1): 129-142. | Mojica, J. I., C. C. Martínez-González, A. G. Acosta-Vela, E. Larrarte-Rivera, W. González-Daza, F. L. Ávila-Rojas, E. Martínez-Aguirre & J. D. Forero-Cano. 2017. Lista de los peces de la cuenca del río Mira, vertiente Pacífico, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 18(2): 190-198.
  5. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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