| Citation | Esmaeili, H.R. and N. Hamidan, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist.. Zootaxa 5330(2):201-226. |
| Ref. | 129076 Esmaeili, H.R. and N. Hamidan, 2023 |
| Page | 218-219 |
| Named Used as Valid | Poecilia reticulata |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Saudi Arabia (Wadi Hanifah in Riyadh province, Al-Kharj and Layla Lake south of Riyadh, and Al-Ahsa Oasis, Anik drainage in eastern province). coastal drainages between the Orinoco delta (Venezuela) |
| Quote | and the Essequibo River delta, Guyana, Venezuelan Islands, the Netherlands Antilles and Trinidad and Tobago; widely introduced elsewhere. Environment: freshwater, brackish. Valuable for aquarium trade in the ornamental fish industry |