Il guppy o pesce milione, Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859

Nomi comuni esteri - Spagnolo - Gupi, Sardinita, Bandera. Portoghese - Gúpi, Lebistes, Sarapintado, Barrigudinho, Barrigudinho-mexicano. Francese - Poisson million, Guppy, Queue de voile. Tedesco - Millionenfisch, Guppy, Wilder Riesenguppy. Inglese - Guppy, Guppies, Million fish, Rainbow fish. Olanda - Gup. Afrikaans - Miljoenvis, Guppie. Danimarca - Guppy. Finlandia - Miljoonakala. Polonia - Cytrynówka, Gupik pawie. Federazione Russa - Guppy. Repubblica Ceca - Živorodka duhová. Repubblica Slovacca - Živorodka dúhová (gupka).  Albania - Lareza tripikaloshe. Turchia - Lepistes. Giappone - Guppii. India - Barbados millions. Cina - Hung dzoek ue. Vietnam - Cá bay màu. Malesia - Ikan seribu.

Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859. Eine neue vom Herrn Jagor im atlantischen Meere gefangene Art der Gattung Leptocephalus, und über einige andere neue Fische des Zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaft zu Berlin 1859: 411-413. Catalogo - Paepke & Seegers 1986:175. Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN valida. Opinioni - Nomenclatura valida come Lebistes reticulata (Peters 1859), vedere Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50. Nomenclatura valida come Poecilia reticulata Peters 1859, vedere Rosen & Bailey 1963:56, Lee et al. 1980:550, Uyeno & Arai in Masuda et al. 1984:83, Paxton et al. 1989:347, Paulin et al. 1989:146, Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:431, Page & Burr 1991:234, Pethiyagoda 1991:192, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:758, Kottelat et al. 1993:91, Skelton 1993:280, McDowall in McDowall 1996:118, Coad 1996:85, Rodriguez 1997:673, Reshetnikov et al. 1997:746, Savvaitova & Reshetnikov 1998:108, Marquet et al. 1999:43, Fricke 1999:114, Castro et al. 1998:79, Keith et al. 1999:92, Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:173, Rema Devi et al. 1999:161, Parenti 1999:2200, Fuller et al. 1999:312, Nakabo 2000:546, Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:72, Freyhof et al. 2000:96, Lyons et al. 2000:67, Rafique 2000:326, Matsuura et al. 2000:194, Sakai et al. 2001:89, Kottelat 2001:144, Hutchins 2001:25, Skelton 2001:280, Allen et al. 2002:366, Nakabo 2002:546, Lim et al. 2002:72, Poeser 2003:140, Ghedotti & Wiley 2003:1157, Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568, Yadav 2003:23, Seegers et al. 2003:41, Nelson et al. 2004:104, Heemstra et al. 2004:3317, Larson & Pidgeon 2004:196, Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:179, Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:174, Poeser et al. 2005:97, Lucinda & Reis 2005:47, Mundy 2005:295, Hoese & Gates 2006:743, Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:484, Scharpf 2007:20, Fricke et al. 2009:32, Schories et al. 2009:44. Località tipo - Fiume Guayre, Caracas, Venezuela. Tipo - Nessuno. Sintipi - BMNH 1866.6.6.3 [ex ZMB] (1); ZMB 3468 (9), 3469 (8, disperso).

Poecilioides reticulatus (Peters, 1859). Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859 412. Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Acanthophacelus reticulatus (Peters, 1859). Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859 412. Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Girardinus reticulatus (Peters, 1859). Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859 412. Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Haridichthys reticulatus (Peters, 1859). Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859 412. Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Lebistes reticulatus (Peters, 1859). Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859 412. Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Poecilia reticulatus Peters, 1859. Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859 412. Errore ortografico, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Girardinus guppii Günther, 1866. Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes i-xv + 1-368; v. 6 353. Catalogo - Paepke & Seegers 1986:173. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Poecilia reticulata Peters 1859, vedere Rosen & Bailey 1963:56, Poeser 2003:140, Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:568. Località tipo - Isola di Trinidad, Indie occidentali o Venezuela. Tipo - Nessuno. Sintipi - (molti) BMNH 1847.7.18.9-11 (?3) Venezuela, 1865.11.30.8 (1) Trinidad; ZMB 6081 (2).

Acanthophacelus guppii (Günther, 1866). Cat. Fishes v. 6 353. Sinonimo junior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Heterandria guppyi (Günther, 1866). Cat. Fishes v. 6 353. Sinonimo junior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Lebistes poecilioides De Filippi, F. 1861. Note Zoologiche. IV. "Lebistes" nuovo genere di pesce della famiglia dei Ciprinodonti. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. (Genova) 69-70; v. 1 70 Pl. 4 (figs. 6, 6a-d). Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Poecilia reticulata" Peters 1859, per Rosen & Bailey 1963:56 come "poeciloides"; specie inquirenda in Poeciliidae secondo Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:575. Località tipo: Barbados, Indie occidentali. Tipo: non è conosciuto nessun esemplare tipo.

Lebistes poeciloides De Filippi, F. 1861. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. (Genova) v. 1 70 Pl. 4 (figs. 6, 6a-d). Status: vedere sopra.

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