Limia formosa

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• Taxonomy
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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Poecilia formosa • Poecilia formosa (Girard, 1859)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Limia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. caymanensis (Grand Cayman Limia) · L. couchiana (Monterrey Platyfish) · L. dominicensis (Tiburon Peninsula Limia) · L. formosa (Amazon Molly) · L. fuscomaculata (Blotched Limia) · L. garnieri (Garnier´s Limia) · L. grossidens (Largetooth Limia) · L. immaculata (Plain Limia) · L. melanogaster (Blackbelly Lanternshark) · L. melanonotata (Blackbanded Limia) · L. miragoanensis (Miragoane Limia) · L. nigrofasciata (Humpedbacked Limia) · L. ornata (Ornate Limia) · L. pauciradiata (Few-Rayed Limia) · L. perugiae (Perugia's Limia) · L. rivasi (Rivas´s Limia) · L. sulphurophila (Sulfur Limia) · L. venusta (Spangled Cichlid) · L. versicolor (Varicolored Limia) · L. vittata (Striped Mudfish) · L. yaguajali (Yaguajal Limia) · L. zonata (Striped Limia)

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Further Reading

• A new catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Panama, by Samuel F. Hildebrand. 22 1938 Chicago, 1938 url p. 312.
• Biologia centrali-americana. Pisces. [London, Pub. for the editor by R. H. Porter]1906-08. url .
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 347, p. 89.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 349.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1866. url p. 349.
• Contents and index to volume 10, numbers 1 to 15, Zoological series / Wilfred H. Osgood. 10 1923 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1923. url p. 380.
• Notes on a collection of birds from Michoacan, Mexico, by Emmet R. Blake and Harold C. Hanson. 22 1942 [Chicago]1942. url p. 563.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 115.
• Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1910-1943. url p. 330, p. 380.
• Report of the Commissioner for. .. / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington: G.P.O., 1874-1905. url p. 318.
• Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 192.
• Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. J. B. Hatcher in charge. Edited by William B. Scott. Princeton, The University, 1901-32 [v. 1, 1903] url p. 459.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 24 1883 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 347.
• Synopsis of the fishes of North America by David S. Jordan and Charles H. Gilbert. Washington: G.P.O., 1882. url .
• The Cyprinodonts / by S. Garman. 19 1895 Cambridge: Printed for the Museum, 1895. url p. 50.
• The fishes of the fresh waters of Panama, by Seth E. Meek and Samuel F. Hildebrand. 10 1916 Chicago, 1916. url p. 330, p. 330.
• The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1904. url p. 155, p. 155, p. 245.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 159609
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4002806

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