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.

Published as part of Lucinda, Paulo Henrique Franco & Reis, Roberto E., 2005, Systematics of the subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), with an emphasis on the tribe Cnesterodontini Hubbs, pp. 1-60 in Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252005000100001, http://zenodo.org/record/5417369