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Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Gul limia
Common Names in English:
Blackbarred limia, Humpbacked limia, Humpedbacked Limia
Common Names in Finnish:
Kyttyr, Kyttyräkala, Seepralimia
Common Names in German:
Schwarzbandk, Schwarzbandkärpfling, Schwarzbiden-Kärpfling, Schwarzbinden-K, Schwarzbinden-Kärpfling
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
黑带泥鮰, 黑带花鮰, 黑帶泥鮰, 黑帶花鮰
Common Names in Polish:
Molinezja pregowana a. limka garbatka
Common Names in Swedish:
Svartbandslimia
Description
Habitat
Occurs usually in large schools over a variety of bottom types . Young hide in vegetation.
Biome: Fresh water . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
()
- Berg, 1940
- Family:
Poeciliidae
()
- Garman, 1895
- Subfamily:
Poeciliinae
()
- Genus:
Limia
()
- Poey, 1854
- Specific name:
nigrofasciata
- Regan, 1913
- Scientific name: - Limia nigrofasciata Regan, 1913
- Specific name:
nigrofasciata
- Regan, 1913
- Genus:
Limia
(
- Subfamily:
Poeciliinae
(
- Family:
Poeciliidae
(
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Limia arnoldi Regan • Poecilia nigrofasciata (Regan
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 17-Oct-1997
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
- Burgess, G.H. and R. Franz (1989). Zoogeography of the Antillean freshwater fish fauna. p. 236-304 In C.A. Woods (ed.) Biogeography of the West Indies: past, present, and future.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Costa, Wilson J.E.M. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 130831
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-15474
- Fishbase Species ID: 11981
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 165901
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 115333
