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Molinesia surinamensis Müller & Troschel, 1844

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Considered a synonym of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846

  • Poeser, Fred. 2003. "Geographic variation in Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) with descriptions of three new species and lectotypes for P. dovii Günther, 1866 and for P. vandepolli van Lidth de Jeude, 1887". From the Amazon R. to the Amazon molly and back again. The evolution and systematics of the genus Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801. 44-69 (ffm00012) (abstract)

Original description as Molinesia surinamensis:

  • Müller, Johannes Peter & F.H. Troschel. 1844. "Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin im Monat Februar 1844". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1844:35-36 (ffm00019)