| Poecilioidea | |
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| Guppy Poecilia reticulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinodontoidei |
| Superfamily: | Poecilioidea Parenti, 1981[1] |
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Poecilioidea is a superfamily of killifish, one of the four superfamilies which make up the suborder Cyprinodontoidei, which is in turn one of the two constituent suborders of the order Cyprinodontiformes. They are found in mainly in the Neotropics north into southern North America with a few species in Africa.
- ^ Michael J. Ghedotti (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the poecilioid fishes (Teleostei; Cyprinodontiformes)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 13O: 1–53. doi:10.1006/zjls.1999.0213.