ADW: Poeciliopsis: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii
        
        Order Cyprinodontiformes
        
        Family Poeciliidae (Poeciliids)
        
        Genus Poeciliopsis
        
        Species Poeciliopsis baenschi (Golden livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis balsas (Balsas livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis catemaco (Catemaco livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis elongata (Elongate toothcarp)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis fasciata (San Jeronimo livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis gracilis (Porthole livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis hnilickai (Upper Grijalva livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis infans (Lerma livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis latidens (Lowland livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis lucida (Clearfin livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis lutzi (Oaxaca livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis monacha (Headwater livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis occidentalis (Gila topminnow)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis paucimaculata
        
        Species Poeciliopsis pleurospilus (Largespot livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis presidionis (Sinaloa livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis prolifica (Blackstripe livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis retropinna
        
        Species Poeciliopsis santaelena
        
        Species Poeciliopsis scarlli (Michoacan livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis sonoriensis (Sonora topminnow)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis turneri (Blackspotted livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis turrubarensis (Barred livebearer)
        
        Species Poeciliopsis viriosa (Chubby livebearer)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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