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Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Limia: Limia derived from the Latin 'limus' meaning mud, pertaining to the feeding habits of the fish, from Poey, 1854. Donald Taphorn, pers. comm. 22 Feb 2015..
More on author: Guichenot.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce; estuarina demersal; pH range: 7.5 - 8.2; dH range: 25 - 30; não migratória. Tropical; 18°C - 24°C (Ref. 13371)
Central America: endemic to Cuba.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 37198); 10.0 cm TL (female)
Blue-gray back, silvery sides and a white belly; scales edged with black producing a "fishnet" pattern on the sides; females with a yellow patch near the vent; male's dorsal fin and tail usually yellow-orange with blue black speckles; females with colorless fins and growing to more than double the size of males (Ref. 44091).
Inhabits streams, lakes, estuaries, coastal lagoons and mangrove swamps. Feeds on worms, crustaceans, insects and plant matter (Ref. 7020). Often found in the company of sailfin molly and mosquitofish (Ref. 4409).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Produces 20-50 young. Large females can produce >100 fry every 4-6 weeks (Ref. 44091).
Lee, D.S., S.P. Platania and G.H. Burgess, 1983. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes, 1983 supplement. Occasional Papers of the North Carolina Biological Survey no. 1983-6. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, N.C. 67 p. (Ref. 13498)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: sem interesse; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
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Estimates based on models
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00456 - 0.02295), b=3.13 (2.95 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±0.34 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (tm=0.66).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
