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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Poecilia: Greek, poikilos = with a lot of colours (Ref. 45335). More on author: Costa.

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Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical, preferred ?

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South America: Brazil. Described from the lower Jari river drainage, in northern Brazil (Ref. 89070).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

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Poecilia waiapi differs from all of its congeners by the presence of vertical dark gray bars on the flank in males (vs. bars absent in P. bifurca, P. picta and P. parae; vertical pale gray bars in P. sarrafae, P. minima and P. branneri); post-humeral blotch densely pigmented (vs. post-humeral blotch absent in P. branneri, post-humeral blotch slightly pigmented in P. sarrafae, P. minima, P. picta, P. bifurca, P. parae) (Ref. 89070).

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Bragança, P.H.N., W.J.E.M. Costa and C.S. Gama, 2012. Poecilia waiapi, a new poeciliid from the Jari river drainage, northern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontoidei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 22(4):337-343 (Ref. 89070)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Poecilia waiapi Bragança, Costa & Gama, 2012