Pair in Rio El Chilte
Pair of Poeciliopsis viriosa in Rio El Chilte, Santiago drainage [Nayarit]. Photo by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. (13-May-2022). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Poeciliidae

Genus
Poeciliopsis


Last updated on:
23-Jan-2022

Poeciliopsis viriosa Miller, 1960


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Original description as Poeciliopsis viriosa:

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  • Miller, Robert Rush. 1960. "Four new species of viviparous fishes, genus Poeciliopsis, from northwestern Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. (619):1-11 (ffm00030)

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