Poeciliini Bonaparte, 1831

Tribe Poeciliini Bonaparte , new usage

[Clade 112]

Poecilini Bonaparte, 1831: 94, unavailable name; preoccupied in Coleoptera .

Poeciliini Bonaparte, 1831 . Type-genus Poecilia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 .

Diagnosis. Poeciliins can be diagnosed by the following not uniquely derived and/or reversed features: (1) notch on dentary [16-1]; (2) ascending process of parasphenoids in adults long, contacting pterosphenoids [20-0]; (3) second gonapophysis forming an angle of 45-70 degrees relative to vertebral column [54-1]; (4) third gonapophysis forming an angle of 35-70 degrees relative to vertebral column [55-1]; (5) first proximal radial of dorsal fin in adult males located between neural spines of 11 th and 12 th vertebrae [62-6]; (6) adult females with first proximal radial of dorsal fin located between neural arches of 8 th and 9 th vertebrae [63-7*]; (7) 10 or more dorsal-fin rays (males and females) [64-0]; and (8) dark stripe present on median portion of dorsal fin [137-1].

Composition. Genera Poecilia , “ Poecilia ” reticulata , Xiphophorus , Limia , Pamphorichthys , Micropoecilia , Quintana , Carlhubbsia , and Xenodexia .

Distribution. North, Central and South America.