Limia Poey

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 : 45-46

Limia Poey

Limia Poey, 1854: 382 , 390. Type species: Limia cubensis Poey, 1854 . Type by subsequent designation. Gender: feminine.

Acropoecilia Hilgendorf, 1889: 52 . Type species: Poecilia tridens Hilgendorf, 1889 . Type by monotypy. Gender: feminine.

Odontolimia Rivas, 1980: 29. Type species: Limia grossidens Rivas, 1980. Type by original designation. Gender: feminine .

Pseudolimia Poeser 2002: 54 . Type species: Limia heterandria Regan 1913 . Type by original designation (also monotypic). Gender: feminine.

Composition. Limia caymanensis Rivas & Fink, L. dominicensis (Valenciennes) ; L. fuscomaculata Rivas, L. garnieri Rivas, L. grossidens Rivas, L. heterandria Regan , L. immaculata Rivas, L. melanogaster (Günther) , L. melanonotata Nichols & Myers , L. miragoanensis Rivas, L. nicholsi Myers , L. nigrofasciata Regan , L. ornata Regan , L. pauciradiata Rivas, L. perugiae (Evermann & Clark) , L. rivasi Franz & Burgess , L. sulphurophilia Rivas, L. tridens (Hilgendorf) , L. versicolor (Günther) , L. vittata (Guichenot) , and L. yaguajali Rivas.

Distribution. Cayman Islands, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, and Venezuela.

Pamphorichthys + Micropoecilia + “ Poecilia ” Clade [92]

Diagnosis. Members of this clade can be diagnosed by the following not uniquely derived and/or reversed features: (1) absence of an epiotic process [3-3]; (2) absence of a notch on dentary [16-0]; (3) gonactinost complex approximately perpendicular to body longitudinal axis [68-1]; (4) absence of an anterior convex expansion of second gonactinost [70-1]; (5) R6a and R6p not fused [126-0]; (6) more distal elements of R6 branches not fused [127-0]; and (7) less than nine caudal-fin rays in contact with the hypural plate [132-0].