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Poeciliinae  Garman, 1895
Taxonomic Serial No.: 646790

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): livebearers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderCyprinodontiformes Berg, 1940 – cyprinodonts, cyprinodontiforms, cyprinodontes, killifishes  
                               SuborderCyprinodontoidei  – cyprinodontoids  
                                  FamilyPoeciliidae Garman, 1895 – livebearers, topminnows, poecilies, topotes y espadas, poeciliids, livebearing toothcarps  
                                     SubfamilyPoeciliinae Garman, 1895 – livebearers  
    Direct Children:  
                                        GenusAlfaro Meek, 1912  
                                        GenusBelonesox Kner, 1860 – pike killifishes 
                                        GenusBrachyrhaphis Regan, 1913  
                                        GenusCarlhubbsia Whitley, 1951  
                                        GenusCnesterodon Garman, 1895  
                                        GenusGambusia Poey, 1854 – topminnmows, gambusias 
                                        GenusGirardinus Poey, 1854  
                                        GenusHeterandria Agassiz, 1853 – least killifishes 
                                        GenusLimia Poey, 1854  
                                        GenusMicropoecilia Hubbs, 1926  
                                        GenusNeoheterandria Henn, 1916  
                                        GenusPamphorichthys Regan, 1913  
                                        GenusPhallichthys Hubbs, 1924  
                                        GenusPhalloceros Eigenmann, 1907  
                                        GenusPhalloptychus Eigenmann, 1907  
                                        GenusPhallotorynus Henn, 1916  
                                        GenusPoecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801 – livebearers, mollies 
                                        GenusPoeciliopsis Regan, 1913 – desert topminnows 
                                        GenusPriapella Regan, 1913  
                                        GenusPriapichthys Regan, 1913  
                                        GenusPseudopoecilia Regan, 1913  
                                        GenusQuintana Hubbs, 1934  
                                        GenusScolichthys Rosen, 1967  
                                        GenusTomeurus Eigenmann, 1909  
                                        GenusXenodexia Hubbs, 1950  
                                        GenusXenophallus Hubbs, 1924  
                                        GenusXiphophorus Heckel, 1848 – swordtails 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ghedotti, Michael J.   
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the poecilioid fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 130, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-53   
  Publisher: The Linnean Society of London   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Reference for: Poeciliinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Poeciliinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Parenti, Lynne R.   
  Publication Date: 1981   
  Article/Chapter Title: A phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of cyprinodontiform fishes (Teleostei, Atherinomorpha)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 168, pt. 4   
  Page(s): 335-557   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0090   
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  Reference for: Poeciliinae   
       

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