<documentid="30FDEE5DC381AB47DB4BB48DE0C1BC82"ID-CLB-Dataset="298606"ID-DOI="10.5281/zenodo.11558417"ID-GBIF-Dataset="d37631a4-f113-42bf-abd6-10f034777748"ID-ISSN="1868-3703"ID-Zenodo-Dep="11558417"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="juliana"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="juliana"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="juliana"IM.metadata_approvedBy="juliana"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="juliana"IM.treatments_approvedBy="juliana"checkinTime="1718070535459"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Terán, Guillermo E., Koerber, Stefan, Stazzonelli, Juan Carlos, Aguilera, Gastón & Mirande, J. Marcos"docDate="2022"docId="617387ABFFEFFFC0FF11884F359EDEA7"docLanguage="en"docName="IchthyolContribPecesCriollos.80.1-8.pdf"docOrigin="Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 80"docStyle="DocumentStyle:942063D32C1E200D131838F556732584.1:IchthyolContribPecesCriollos.2007-.journal_article"docStyleId="942063D32C1E200D131838F556732584"docStyleName="IchthyolContribPecesCriollos.2007-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="1"docTitle="Poecilia reticulata Peters 1859"docType="treatment"docVersion="5"lastPageNumber="2"masterDocId="9D4AFFD3FFEFFFC1FFAC8E283776DC29"masterDocTitle="Any colour you like: new records of ornamental livebearers (Poeciliidae: Cyprinodontiformes) from freshwaters of Argentina."masterLastPageNumber="8"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="1"updateTime="1718656371042"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="D5285A9AA6F9D8C485530EEA8CA8A9BF">Any colour you like: new records of ornamental livebearers (Poeciliidae: Cyprinodontiformes) from freshwaters of Argentina.</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="D8E38171815FCB8E50BB696EC4B36002">Fundación Miguel Lillo, Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (CONICET-FML), Miguel Lillo 251, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="394FA922FABC811A3B0D345ADD7BFE21">Stazzonelli, Juan Carlos</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="99BD7550DDDAE7FB55B5148E3FE93213">Fundación Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="193409D91E13C66AB5A115DEA04D5A9C">Fundación Miguel Lillo, Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (CONICET-FML), Miguel Lillo 251, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="83F10BAEF654408D9A6F3F7F2DEABF7C">Mirande, J. Marcos</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="484175E5AB0204267EDD6D6E5ED98F89">Fundación Miguel Lillo, Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (CONICET-FML), Miguel Lillo 251, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán</mods:affiliation>
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, is the most diverse genus represented by 75 species (
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEFFFC1FEE1889C36A8DAE5"author="Huber, J. H."box="[333,478,1716,1740]"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="4 - 155"refId="ref3943"refString="Huber, J. H. (2019): A nomenclatural and systematic analysis of livebearing Cyprinodontiformes (Acanthopterygii: Anablepsinae, Goodeinae, Poeciliidae). Killi-Data Series 2019: 4 - 155"type="book chapter"year="2019">Huber 2019</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEFFFC1FE47889C35C9DAE5"author="Fricke R. & W. N. Eschmeyer & J. D. Fong"box="[491,703,1716,1740]"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"refId="ref3621"refString="Fricke R., W. N. Eschmeyer & J. D. Fong (2022): Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes. Species by Familly / Subfamily. Electronic version accessed in Feb. 2022. link"type="journal volume"year="2022">Fricke et al. 2022</bibRefCitation>
, is one of the most popular aquarium fish in the world (
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;
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEFFFC1FCC888FB33A9DAC2"author="Lucinda, P. H. F. & P. Van der Sleen"box="[868,1247,1747,1771]"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="346 - 350"refId="ref4414"refString="Lucinda, P. H. F. & P. Van der Sleen (2018): Family Poeciliidae - Livebearers. 346 - 350. In: Van der Sleen, P. & J. S. Albert (eds.): Field guide to the fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco & Guianas. Princeton University Press"type="book chapter"year="2018">Lucinda & Van der Sleen 2018</bibRefCitation>
). This species is native from Northeastern South America and
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(Rosen & Bayley 1963;
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEFFFC1FCB889183379DB6E"author="Braganca, P. H. N. & E. C. Guimaraes & P. S. de Brito & F. P. Ottoni"box="[788,1039,1839,1864]"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="309 - 316"refId="ref3309"refString="Braganca, P. H. N., E. C. Guimaraes, P. S. de Brito & F. P. Ottoni (2020): On the natural occurrence of Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae). Cybium 44 (4): 309 - 316"type="journal article"year="2020">Bragança et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
). Currently, its presence in natural environments is known to occur in almost 70 countries outside of the species’ native range (
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEFFFC1FAA28966378ADBAD"author="Deacon, A. E. & I. W. Ramnarine & A. E. Magurran"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"refId="ref3499"refString="Deacon, A. E., I. W. Ramnarine & A. E. Magurran (2011): How reproductive ecology contributes to the spread of a globally invasive fish. PloS ONE 6 (9): e 24416, 8 p."type="book"year="2011">Deacon et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
). Non-native populations are known from Asia, Africa, Australasia-Pacific, Europe, North America, and South America (
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEFFFC1FF6989E0361BDBC8"author="Lucinda, P. H."box="[197,365,1992,2017]"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"pagination="1 - 4"refId="ref4381"refString="Lucinda, P. H. F (2017): First confirmed records of the guppy, Poecilia reticulata, from Paraguay. Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 51: 1 - 4"type="journal article"year="2017">Lucinda 2017</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEFFFC1FDE889E1345CDBC8"author="Rosso, J. J. & F. D. Rosso & E. Mabragana & N. F. Schenone & E. Avigliano & J. M. Astarloa"box="[580,810,1992,2017]"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"refId="ref4965"refString="Rosso, J. J., F. D. Rosso, E. Mabragana, N. F. Schenone, E. Avigliano & J. M. Astarloa (2017): Molecular and taxonomic characterisation of introduced specimens of Poecilia reticulata in the lower Paraguay River basin (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 15 (4): e 170046, 8 p."type="book"year="2017">Rosso et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
River basin. The capacity of guppies to form large populations within the environment to which it was introduced could produce an increasing in competition with native fishes for food resources and changing rates of nutrient and/or organic-matter cycling (
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEEFFC0FD888ECA3429DCD3"author="Lopez-Fuentes C. P. & E. Velazquez-Velazquez & M. J. Anzueto-Calvo & W. A. Matamoros & G. Salgado-Maldonado"box="[548,863,226,250]"pageId="1"pageNumber="2"refId="ref4205"refString="Lopez-Fuentes C. P., E. Velazquez-Velazquez, M. J. Anzueto-Calvo, W. A. Matamoros & G. Salgado-Maldonado (2021): First record of the non-native fish Poecilia reticulata (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), in Chiapas, southern Mexico. Cuadernos de Investigacion UNED 13 (1): e 3266. 7 p."type="book"year="2021">López-Fuentes et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
today is found as an introduced non-native species in self-substaining populations in over 30 countries, sometimes from multiple introductions in different places as e.g. in several distinct states of
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(
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEEFFC0FD298F853408DDEC"author="Maddern, M. G. & H. S. Gill & D. L. Morgan"box="[645,894,429,453]"pageId="1"pageNumber="2"pagination="282 - 291"refId="ref4532"refString="Maddern, M. G., H. S. Gill & D. L. Morgan (2011): Biology and invasive potential of the introduced swordtail Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel (Poeciliidae) in Western Australia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 21 (3): 282 - 291"type="journal article"year="2011">Maddern et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEEFFC0FC218F853324DDEC"author="Nico, L. & P. Fuller & M. Neilson"box="[909,1106,429,453]"pageId="1"pageNumber="2"refId="ref4695"refString="Nico, L., P. Fuller & M. Neilson (2021): Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848. U. S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. published 14. Nov. 2012, accessed 12. Dec. 2021. link"type="book"year="2021">Nico et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
). Most of these introductions have happened in areas with tropical or subtropical climate. Yet, the species is also found in colder areas where is has been introduced in thermal waters, as e.g. in
<bibRefCitationid="8D4B4B4CFFEEFFC0FC5C8FC23384DE2B"author="Pandakov, P. & Z. Barzov & R. Moldovanski & H. Hudek"box="[1008,1266,490,514]"pageId="1"pageNumber="2"pagination="1 - 5"refId="ref4748"refString="Pandakov, P., Z. Barzov, R. Moldovanski & H. Hudek (2021): First confirmed record of an established population of green swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848) in Europe. Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 422 (31): 1 - 5"type="journal article"year="2021">Pandakov et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
), where it could surely not survive the harsh winters in natural ’unheated‘ water bodies which may even feature a frozen surface during winter.
