Mollienisia
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Mollienisia f
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – small fish of the coastal swamps of the southeastern US, now included in genus Poecilia as subgenus Poecilia (Mollienisia).
Synonyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Percomorpha - series; Ovalentaria, Atherinomorpha - clades; Cyprinodontiformes - order; Cyprinodontoidei - suborder; Poeciliidae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Mollienisia latipinna (now Poecilia latipinna; common molly), Mollienisia nicholsi (now Poecilia nicholsi), Mollienisia sphenops (now Poecilia sphenops; black molly), Mollienisia velifera (now Poecilia velifera; Yucatan molly) - species
References[edit]
- “Mollienisia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. (supplement)
Poecilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Poecilia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Poecilia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Mollienisia at World Register of Marine Species
