Freshly collected male
Freshly collected male from La Esperanza springs near Teapa, Grijalva drainage [Chiapas]. Photo by Michi Tobler. (15-Jun-2012).

Family
Poeciliidae

Sub-family
Poeciliinae

Genus
Poecilia


Last updated on:
27-Nov-2012

Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863

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Original description as Poecilia thermalis:

ZooBank:4F01F2F5-8E03-4821-B79E-AB8918B963DB.

  • 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)

Conservation: Poecilia thermalis is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.