NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Poeciliinae
  Family - Poeciliidae
  Suborder - Cyprinodontoidei
  Order - Cyprinodontiformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Poecilia latipinna
      Species - Poecilia formosa
      Species - Poecilia mexicana
      Species - Poecilia reticulata
      Species - Poecilia sphenops
      Species - Poecilia velifera
      Species - Poecilia caucana
      Species - Poecilia dominicensis
      Species - Poecilia boesemani
      Species - Poecilia butleri
      Species - Poecilia catemaconis
      Species - Poecilia caudofasciata
      Species - Poecilia chica
      Species - Poecilia dauli
      Species - Poecilia elegans
      Species - Poecilia gillii
      Species - Poecilia hispaniolana
      Species - Poecilia koperi
      Species - Poecilia kykesis
      Species - Poecilia latipunctata
      Species - Poecilia marcellinoi
      Species - Poecilia maylandi
      Species - Poecilia mechthildae
      Species - Poecilia nicholsi
      Species - Poecilia orri
      Species - Poecilia petenensis
      Species - Poecilia sulphuraria
      Species - Poecilia teresae
      Species - Poecilia vandepolli
      Species - Poecilia vivipara
      Species - Poecilia wandae