“…Some authors addressed the relationships of smaller groups of the Poeciliinae (e.g. Rosen, 1979;Rauchenberger, 1989;Rosa & Costa, 1993;Rauchenberger et al, 1990;Meyer et al, 1994;Mojica et al, 1997;Rodriguez, 1997;Ptaceck & Breden, 1998;Marcus & McCune, 1999;Breden et al, 1999;Hamilton, 2001;Mateos et al, 2002;Poeser, 2003;Kallmann et al, 2004), whereas others coped with higher taxa (Parenti, 1981;Meyer & Lydeard, 1993;Costa, 1996Costa, , 1998Ghedotti, 2000). However, no phylogenetic study has simultaneously analyzed the relationships among representatives of all poeciliine genera.…”