WoRMS taxon details
Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859
154400 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154400)
accepted
Species
Acanthophacelus guppii (Günther, 1866) · unaccepted
Acanthophacelus reticulatus (Peters, 1859) · unaccepted
Girardinus guppii Günther, 1866 · unaccepted
Girardinus reticulatus (Peters, 1859) · unaccepted
Haridichthys reticulatus (Peters, 1859) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Heterandria guppyi (Günther, 1866) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lebistes poecilioides De Filippi, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lebistes poeciloides De Filippi, 1861 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lebistes reticulatus (Peters, 1859) · unaccepted
Pocilia reticulata Peters, 1859 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Poecilia kempkesi Poeser, 2013 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Poecilia reticulate Peters, 1859 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Poecilia reticulatus Peters, 1859 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Poecilioides reticulatus (Peters, 1859) · unaccepted (synonym)
Peters, W.(C.H.). (1859). Eine neue vom Herrn Jagor im atlantischen Meere gefangene Art der Gattung Leptocephalus, und über einige andere neue Fische des Zoologischen Museums. <em>Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin.</em> 411-413. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154400 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Peters, W.(C.H.). (1859). Eine neue vom Herrn Jagor im atlantischen Meere gefangene Art der Gattung Leptocephalus, und über einige andere neue Fische des Zoologischen Museums. <em>Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin.</em> 411-413. [details]
original description (of Girardinus guppii Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Lebistes poecilioides De Filippi, 1861) De Filippi, F. (1861). Note Zoologiche. IV. Lebistes nuovo genere di pesce della famiglia dei Ciprinodonti. <em>Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. (Genova).</em> 1(4): 69-70. [details]
original description (of Poecilia kempkesi Poeser, 2013) Poeser, F.N. (2013). Apropos guppys... p. 36-40. In VDAArbeitskreis Lebendgebärende Aquarienfische (Hrsg.): viviparos. <em>Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin.</em> 11(1): 56. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
original description (of Girardinus guppii Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
original description (of Lebistes poecilioides De Filippi, 1861) De Filippi, F. (1861). Note Zoologiche. IV. Lebistes nuovo genere di pesce della famiglia dei Ciprinodonti. <em>Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. (Genova).</em> 1(4): 69-70. [details]
original description (of Poecilia kempkesi Poeser, 2013) Poeser, F.N. (2013). Apropos guppys... p. 36-40. In VDAArbeitskreis Lebendgebärende Aquarienfische (Hrsg.): viviparos. <em>Das Lebendgebärenden Magazin.</em> 11(1): 56. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | larëza tripikaloshelarëza këlyshlindësebarkuleci i ylbertë | [details] |
| Dutch | gup | [details] |
| English | guppy | [details] |
| French | guppy [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Guppy [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | gupi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (189 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthophacelus guppii (Günther, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications) (from synonym Lebistes reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Acanthophacelus reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Girardinus guppii Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Girardinus reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lebistes poeciloides De Filippi, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lebistes poecilioides De Filippi, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Poecilia reticulatus Peters, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poecilia reticulata)
To Fishbase (from synonym Girardinus guppii Günther, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lebistes reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia reticulatus Peters, 1859)
To Fishbase (from synonym Haridichthys reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilioides reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Girardinus reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Acanthophacelus guppii (Günther, 1866))
To Fishbase (from synonym Lebistes poeciloides De Filippi, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Heterandria guppyi (Günther, 1866))
To FishBase (from synonym Poecilia kempkesi Poeser, 2013)
To Fishbase (from synonym Acanthophacelus reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia reticulate Peters, 1859)
To FishBase images (Poecilia reticulata, by Slaboch, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (118634 nucleotides; 45775 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Poecilia reticulata USNM 392358 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Poecilia reticulata USNM 440175 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthophacelus guppii (Günther, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications) (from synonym Lebistes reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Acanthophacelus reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Girardinus guppii Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Girardinus reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lebistes poeciloides De Filippi, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lebistes poecilioides De Filippi, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Poecilia reticulatus Peters, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poecilia reticulata)
To Fishbase (from synonym Girardinus guppii Günther, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Lebistes reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia reticulatus Peters, 1859)
To Fishbase (from synonym Haridichthys reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilioides reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Girardinus reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Acanthophacelus guppii (Günther, 1866))
To Fishbase (from synonym Lebistes poeciloides De Filippi, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Heterandria guppyi (Günther, 1866))
To FishBase (from synonym Poecilia kempkesi Poeser, 2013)
To Fishbase (from synonym Acanthophacelus reticulatus (Peters, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Poecilia reticulate Peters, 1859)
To FishBase images (Poecilia reticulata, by Slaboch, R.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (118634 nucleotides; 45775 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Poecilia reticulata USNM 392358 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Poecilia reticulata USNM 440175 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
