| Micropoecilia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Tribe: | Poeciliini |
| Genus: | Micropoecilia C. L. Hubbs, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Poecilia vivipara parae Eigenmann, 1894[1]
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Micropoecilia is a genus of poeciliids native to fresh and brackish water from the Amazon Basin to Trinidad. While recognized as valid by FishBase, others have considered this genus as being synonymous with Poecilia.[2]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Micropoecilia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Bragança, P. H. N. and W. J. E. M. Costa (2011): Poecilia sarrafae, a new poeciliid from the Paraíba and Mearim river basins, northeastern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontoidei). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 21 (no. 4) [Dec. 2010]: 369-376.