From the Amazonriver to the Amazon molly and back again

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Introduction Pre-Hennigian taxonomy of Poecilia

CHAPTER 1 RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND REDESCRIPTION OF POECILIA VANDEPOLLI VAN LIDTH DE JEUDE, 1887 (PISCES: POECILIINAE), WITH COMMENTS ON RELATED SPECIES

Chapter 2 Nonrandom variation in Poecilia marcellinoi n. sp., and P. salvatoris Regan, 1907 in El Salvador (Pisces, Poeciliidae)

Chapter 3 The role of character displacement in the speciation of Central American members of the genus Poecilia (Poeciliidae).

Chapter 4 Poecilia kykesis nom. nov., a new name for Mollienesia petenensis Günther, 1866, and redescription, revalidation and the designation of a lectotype for P. petenensis Günther, 1866 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae)

Chapter 5 Geographic variation in Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae), with descriptions of three new species and lectotypes for P. dovii Günther, 1866 and for P. vandepolli van Lidth de Jeude, 1887

Chapter 6 An original view on the scientific name of the guppy, Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859

Chapter 7 CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS IN POECILIA

Chapter 8 Pseudolimia gen. nov., a new monotypic genus for Limia heterandria Regan, 1913 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae)

Chapter 9 A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF POECILIA

Chapter 10 THE EVOLUTION, TAXONOMY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF POECILIA BLOCH AND SCHNEIDER, 1801 IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Chapter 11 TAXONOMY OF POECILIA BLOCH AND SCHNEIDER, 1801

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Acknowledgements

Bibliography of F.N. Poeser

Appendix 1 A catalogue of genera considered closely related or synonymous with Poecilia.

Appendix 2 Key to the subgenera and species of Poecilia

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