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 - Poeciliopsis gracilis
      Species - Poeciliopsis occidentalis
      Species - Poeciliopsis baenschi
      Species - Poeciliopsis balsas
      Species - Poeciliopsis catemaco
      Species - Poeciliopsis elongata
      Species - Poeciliopsis fasciatus
      Species - Poeciliopsis hnilickai
      Species - Poeciliopsis infans
      Species - Poeciliopsis latidens
      Species - Poeciliopsis lucida
      Species - Poeciliopsis monacha
      Species - Poeciliopsis paucimaculata
      Species - Poeciliopsis presidionis
      Species - Poeciliopsis prolifica
      Species - Poeciliopsis retropinna
      Species - Poeciliopsis scarlli
      Species - Poeciliopsis turneri
      Species - Poeciliopsis turrubarensis
      Species - Poeciliopsis viriosa
      Species - Poeciliopsis sonoriensis