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Animalia Rank: Species Vernacular name(s): gupi [Spanish] guppy [English] millions fish [English] rainbowfish [English] Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid Data Quality Indicators: Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met |
Taxonomic Hierarchy Get the following data in XML format - up to the kingdom Get the following data in XML format Kingdom Animalia-- animals Phylum Chordata-- chordates Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates Superclass Osteichthyes-- bony fishes Class Actinopterygii-- ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes Subclass Neopterygii-- neopterygians Infraclass Teleostei Superorder Acanthopterygii Order Cyprinodontiformes-- cyprinodontiforms, cyprinodonts Suborder Cyprinodontoidei-- cyprinodontoids Family Poeciliidae-- livebearers, livebearing toothcarps Subfamily Poeciliinae-- livebearers Genus Poecilia-- livebearers, mollies Species Poecilia reticulata-- guppy, millions fish |
References Expert(s):Wayne C. Starnes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
Other sources: Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004 website (version 10-May-04); (http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/) Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0) References: Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Comments: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998 Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds. 2004. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. ix + 386. ISBN: 1-888569-61-1. Comments: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams Parenti, Lynne R. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds. 1999. Poeciliidae: Livebearing toothcarps. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 4: Bony fishes, part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. 2199-2200. ISBN: 92-5-104301-9. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch 1989. Aquarium Atlas. Hans A. Baensch. Melle, Germany. 992. ISBN: 3-88244-050-3. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174. Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262. |
Geographic Information Geographic Information:North America Jurisdiction:Canada, IntroducedCaribbean Territories, IntroducedCentral Pacific Territories, IntroducedContinental US, IntroducedHawaii, Introduced |
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