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26-Nov-2012

Poecilia multilineata Lesueur, 1821

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Considered a synonym of Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821)

  • Rosen, Donn E & R.M. Bailey. 1963. "The poeciliid fishes (Cyprinodontiformes), their structure, zoogeography, and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 126(1):1-176 (ffm04566)

Original description as Poecilia multilineata:

  • Lesueur, Charles-Alexander. 1821. "Description of a new genus, and of several new species of fresh water fish indigenous to the United States". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2:2-8 (ffm00005)