Species Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859
Guppy
- Poecilia reticulata Peters, W.C.H. 1859. Eine neue vor und fügte Mittheilungen über einige andere neue Fische des Zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1859: 411-413 [412].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1866.6.6.3, Caracas, Venezuela; ZMB 3468, Caracas, Venezuela.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
North West Cape, WA (22º07'S), vicinty of Darwin (130º51'S) and Gove Peninsula (136º47'E), NT, Cairns (16º55´S) to Brisbane (27º28´S), QLD, and recently recorded north of Robe, SA (37º01'S), also Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Norfolk Island; tropical.
Introduced from South America via aquarium trade.
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
- Corfield, J., Diggles, B., Jubb, C., McDowall, R.M., Moore, A., Richards, A. & Rowe, D.K. 2008. Review of the impacts of introduced ornamental fish species that have established wild populations in Australia. Prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 277 pp. [21]
- Hammer, M.P., Adams, M. & Foster, R. 2012. Update to the catalogue of South Australian freshwater fishes (Petromyzontida & Actinopterygii). Zootaxa 3593: 59–74 [66]
- Johnson, J. 1993. Fishes of the Brisbane River. Fishes of Sahul, Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association 8(1): 347-352 [350]
- Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293 [71]
- Morgan, D.L., Gill, H.S., Maddern, M.G. & Beatty, S.J. 2004. Distribution and impacts of introduced freshwater fishes in Western Australia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 511-523 [519]
- Webb, A.C. 2007. Status of non-native freshwater fishes in tropical northern Queensland, including establishment success, rates of spread, range and introduction pathways. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 140: 63–78 [65, 68]
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater, omnivore, pelagic.
General References
Harris, J.H. 2013. 11. Fishes from elsewhere. pp. 259-282 in Humphries, P. & Walker, K. (eds). Ecology of Australian Freshwater Fishes. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 423 pp. [265]
Lake, J.S. 1971. Freshwater Fishes and Rivers of Australia. Melbourne : Nelson 61 pp.
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Guppy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2014 | CYPRINODONTIFORMES | 07-Aug-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |