Poecilia

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

Poecilia + Limia

Clade [93]

Diagnosis. Poecilia and Limia share the following not uniquely derived and/or reversed features: (1) parietals short restricted to the epiotic region, not reaching sphenotic anteriorly [2-1]; (2) posterior supraorbital canal closed [5-2]; (3) width of first pelvic-fin ray in adult males decreasing abruptly at distal portion, distal slender portion long [41-1]; and (4) second gonapophysis forming an angle of 15-45 degrees relative to vertebral column [54-0].