Male in El Salto river
Male of Poecilia mexicana in Rio El Salto at El Naranjo, Panuco drainaje [San Luis Potosi]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (08-May-2019). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Poeciliidae

Sub-family
Poeciliinae

Genus
Poecilia


Last updated on:
18-Aug-2022

Poecilia mexicana Steindachner, 1863

Olomina.


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Original description as Poecilia mexicana:

ZooBank:BAF44B86-4C8C-4A97-93B4-41E8B584EFDF.

  • Steindachner, Franz. 1863. "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Sciaenoiden Brasiliens und der Cyprinodonten Mejicos". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 48:162-185 (ffm04583)

Synonyms (3):

Conservation: Poecilia mexicana is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2018).