The Girardini is a
tribe of
killifishes from the "livebearer"
family Poeciliidae, consisting of three
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
and 10 species.
The tribe was originally delineated by Carl Leavitt Hubbs in 1924.
Genera
The genera classified in this tribe are:
[
* '']Carlhubbsia
''Carlhubbsia'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Guatemala and Mexico. The name of this genus honours the United States, American ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs (1894-1979) who originally named the genus ''Allophallus'', a name which was preo ...
'' Whitley, 1951
* ''Girardinus
''Girardinus'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Cuba. The name of this genus honours the French zoologist Charles Frédéric Girard (1822-1895) for his work on the freshwater fish of North America.
Species
There are currently seven recognized ...
'' Poey, 1854
* '' Quintana (genus)'' Hubbs, 1934
References
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Poeciliidae