Pamphorichthys Regan, 1003

Lucinda, Paulo Henrique Franco & Reis, Roberto E., 2005, Systematics of the subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), with an emphasis on the tribe Cnesterodontini Hubbs, Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (1), pp. 1-60 : 46

Pamphorichthys Regan

Pamphorichthys Regan, 1913: 1003 . Type species: Heterandria minor Garman, 1895 . Type by monotypy. Gender: masculine.

Pamphoria Regan, 1913: 1003 . Type species: Cnesterodon scalpridens Garman, 1895 . Type by monotypy. Gender: feminine.

Parapoecilia Hubbs, 1924: 11 . Type species: Limia hollandi Henn, 1916 . Type by original designation. Gender: feminine.

Composition. Pamphorichthys araguaiensis Costa, P. hasemani (Henn) ; P. hollandi (Henn) ; P. minor (Garman) ; P. scalpridens (Garman) .

Distribution. Drainages of the rio Tocantins basin, rio Xingu. rio Paraguai, rio São Francisco, rio Parnaíba, rio Amazonas, and rio Tapajós ( Figueiredo, 1997).

Micropoecilia + “ Poecilia ” reticulata Clade [87]

Diagnosis. Micropoecilia and “ Poecilia ” share the following not uniquely derived and/or reversed features: (1) preorbital canal present and partially closed bearing two upper pores and a lower deep groove [9-1]; (2) anterior tip of basipterygium in adult males approximately triangular and round [37-0]; (3) first gonapophysis forming an angle of 5-15 degrees relative to vertebral column [53-2]; (4) second gonapophysis forming an angle of zero-15 degrees relative to vertebral column [54-3]; (5) distal portion of third and fourth gonactinosts separate, except by tip of gonactinost [74-2]; (6) gonactinost 5 fused to gonactinost complex [81-1]; (7) spines on subdistal segments of R3 retrorse [108-2]; (8) distal segments of R4p posterior to serrae wider than deep [115-0]; (9) four to seven subdistal retrorse spines on R4p [116-2]; (10) absence of a keel on posterior ventral surface of R5 formed by the projection of R5 toward R4p [119-0]; and (11) hypural plate partially fused with an elongate aperture [131-1].