Talk:Poecilia petenensis

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Did you know... that the swordtail molly (examples pictured) and the Petén molly have been named and renamed so often, one even ending up with the other's name at one point, that the swordtail molly's current scientific name means 'confusion'?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 23:25, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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1921 illustration of Poecilia kykesis, then called Mollienesia petenensis

... that the swordtail molly (pictured) and the Petén molly have been so often named and renamed, one even ending up with the other's name at one point, that the swordtail molly's latest scientific name means "confusion"? Source: Poeser 2002
- Reviewed: Parthenope Wald-Harding, Nice 2 Me

Created by Surtsicna (talk). Self-nominated at 19:50, 23 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Poecilia kykesis; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Brilliantly weird hook and an excellently researched article. Image is PD. No Swan So Fine (talk) 14:07, 24 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]