Poecilia velifera (Regan)

Hui, Tan Heok, Peng, Kelvin Lim Kok, Huan, Liew Jia, Wei, Low Bi, Hing, Rayson Lim Bock, Beng, Jeffrey Kwik Teik & Yeo, Darren C. J., 2020, The non-native freshwater fishes of Singapore: an annotated compilation, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 150-195 : 172

Poecilia velifera (Regan)

( Fig. 69 , CA)

References. Lim & Ng, 1990; Ng et al., 1993; Fernando & Phang, 1994; Ng & Lim, 1997a, 1997b; Tan HH et al., 2010; Yeo & Lim, 2010; Tan et al., 2013; Kwik & Yeo, 2015.

Distribution. Cluny Road drain ( Ng & Lim, 1997a); Kallang River (now part of Marina Reservoir; Tan HH et al., 2010); Bukit Batok Nature Park ( Yeo & Lim, 2010); Bukit Brown ( Tan et al., 2013).

References. Munro, 1990; Ng et al., 1993.

Distribution. Not known.

Remarks. The records of this species are probably escapees from the ornamental fish trade ( Munro, 1990).

Figures

Fig. 69. Poecilia velifera, 60 mm SL male, trade material.