Poeciliopsis
Poeciliopsis is a genus of poeciliid fishes that primarily are native to Mexico and Central America. The only exceptions are P. turrubarensis where the range extends into Colombia, and P. occidentalis where the range extends into Arizona and New Mexico.Species
There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus:
- Poeciliopsis baenschi
- Poeciliopsis balsas
- Poeciliopsis catemaco
- Poeciliopsis elongata
- Poeciliopsis fasciata
- Poeciliopsis gracilis
- Poeciliopsis hnilickai
- Poeciliopsis infans
- Poeciliopsis latidens
- Poeciliopsis lucida
- Poeciliopsis lutzi
- Poeciliopsis monacha
- Poeciliopsis occidentalis
- Poeciliopsis paucimaculata
- Poeciliopsis pleurospilus
- Poeciliopsis presidionis
- Poeciliopsis prolifica
- Poeciliopsis retropinna
- Poeciliopsis santaelena
- Poeciliopsis scarlli
- Poeciliopsis sonoriensis
- Poeciliopsis turneri
- Poeciliopsis turrubarensis
- Poeciliopsis viriosa
Poeciliopsis monacha—occidentalis is a unisexual lineage. It is an ancient clonal lineage that appears to be more than 100,000 generations old. The maternal ancestor was P. monacha and the paternal ancestor was P. occidentalis.
