Poecilioidea

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. They are found in mainly in the Neotropics north into southern North America with a few species in Africa.

Poecilioidea
Guppy Poecilia reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Suborder: Cyprinodontoidei
Superfamily: Poecilioidea
Parenti, 1981[1]
Families

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Families

There are two families with in the superfamily Poecilioidea:[2]

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References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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