Male in display
A male of Poecilia velifera in display at Cenote Xlakah Dizibilchaltun [Yucatán]. Photo by Manuel Salazar González. (04-Dec-2013). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Poeciliidae

Sub-family
Poeciliinae

Genus
Poecilia


Last updated on:
13-Oct-2021

Poecilia velifera (Regan, 1914)

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Original description as Mollienesia velifera:

ZooBank:1E2B7365-61CE-4AE0-A6F0-61D5DC32A66A.

  • Regan, Charles Tate. 1914. "Description of a new cyprinodont fish of the genus Mollienisia from Yucatan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13(75):338 (ffm00024)

Conservation: Poecilia velifera is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (VU) vulnerable (2019).