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Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Poecilia: Greek, poikilos = with a lot of colours (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bragança, Costa & Gama.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
South America: Brazil. Described from the lower Jari river drainage, in northern Brazil (Ref. 89070).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Poecilia waiapi differs from all of its congeners by the presence of vertical dark gray bars on the flank in males (vs. bars absent in P. bifurca, P. picta and P. parae; vertical pale gray bars in P. sarrafae, P. minima and P. branneri); post-humeral blotch densely pigmented (vs. post-humeral blotch absent in P. branneri, post-humeral blotch slightly pigmented in P. sarrafae, P. minima, P. picta, P. bifurca, P. parae) (Ref. 89070).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Bragança, P.H.N., W.J.E.M. Costa and C.S. Gama, 2012. Poecilia waiapi, a new poeciliid from the Jari river drainage, northern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontoidei). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 22(4):337-343 (Ref. 89070)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00562 - 0.03093), b=3.14 (2.96 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.6 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).