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Poecilia parae Eigenmann, 1894

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Eigenmann, C. H. (1894). Notes on some South American fishes. [A. Fishes collected by Frederick C. Hartt. B. Notes on fishes collected by Dr. H. von Ihering, at Rio Grande do Sul.]. <em>Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.</em> v. 7 (art. 5): 625-637.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Acanthophacelus melanzonus Eigenmann, 1909
Micropoecilia amazonica (Garman, 1895)
Micropoecilia melanzona (Eigenmann, 1909)
Micropoecilia parae (Eigenmann, 1894)
Poecilia amazonica Garman, 1895
Poecilia melanzona (Eigenmann, 1909)
Poecilia vivipara parae Eigenmann, 1894
Homonyms
Poecilia parae Eigenmann, 1894
Common names
Poecilie du Pará in French
Two-spot Live Bearer in English
poecilie du Paria in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Eigenmann, C. H. (1894). Notes on some South American fishes. [A. Fishes collected by Frederick C. Hartt. B. Notes on fishes collected by Dr. H. von Ihering, at Rio Grande do Sul.]. <em>Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.</em> v. 7 (art. 5): 625-637.
  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
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