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DeutschPoecilioidea
| Poecilioidea | |
|---|---|
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| Guppy Poecilia reticulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinodontoidei |
| Superfamily: | Poecilioidea Parenti, 1981[1] |
| Families | |
| See text | |
Poecilioidea is a superfamily of killifish, one of the four superfamilies which make up the suborder Cyprinodontoidei, which is in turn one of the two constituent suborders of the order Cyprinodontiformes.
Distribution
[edit]They are found in mainly in the Neotropics north into southern North America with a few species in Africa.
Families
[edit]There are two families with in the superfamily Poecilioidea:[2]
- Anablepidae Bonaparte, 1831
- Poeciliidae Bonaparte, 1831
References
[edit]- ^ Michael J. Ghedotti (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the poecilioid fishes (Teleostei; Cyprinodontiformes)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 13O: 1–53. doi:10.1006/zjls.1999.0213.
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 376–377. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.