Overview
Family : Poeciliids; Inhabits streams , lakes , estuaries, coastal lagoons and mangrove swamps. Feeds on worms, crustaceans, insects and plant matter[1]. Often found in the company of sailfin molly and mosquitofish[2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
泥鮰
Common Names in Danish:
Cuba-limia
Common Names in English:
Banded limia, Cuban limia, Cuban molly, striped mudfish
Common Names in Finnish:
Sahalimia, Sahamolli
Common Names in German:
Bänderkärpfling, Kuba-Limia, Kubak, Kubakärpfling, Schwarzsaum-K, Schwarzsaum-Kärpfling
Common Names in Hawaiian:
Cuban topminnow, Tabai
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
泥鮰, 飾圈花鮰, 饰圈花鮰
Common Names in Spanish:
fanguillo
Common Names in Swedish:
Bandlimia
Description
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
()
- Family:
s streams, lakes, estuaries, coastal lagoons
an
()
- Subfamily:
Poeciliinae
()
- Genus:
Limia
()
- Poey, 1854
- Specific name:
vittata
- Guichenot, 1853
- Scientific name: - Limia vittata (Guichenot, 1853)
- Specific name:
vittata
- Guichenot, 1853
- Genus:
Limia
(
- Subfamily:
Poeciliinae
(
- Family:
s streams, lakes, estuaries, coastal lagoons
an
(
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Limia cubensis Poey • Limia pavonina Poey • Limia vittata (Guichenot, 1853) • Poecilia vittata • Poecilia vittata Guichenot • Poecilia vittata Guichenot, 1853
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Jacquinot, H. & Guichenot, A. Reptiles
et
poissons. In: HOMBRON & JACQUINOT, Zoologie 3, in: Dumont d’Urville,
Voyage
au Pole
Sud
et dans l’Oranie sur les corvettes “l’Astrolabe”
et “la Zélée”, ... 1837-1840, 1853.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 10-Sep-1994
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
- Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 183.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 111.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 82 1938 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 178.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 339.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1866. url p. 339.
- Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1940. url p. 58.
- Pesticides monitoring journal. [Washington, D.C.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1967-1981. url p. 158.
- Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 111.
- Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 191.
- Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 42.
- The Cyprinodonts / by S. Garman. 19 1895 Cambridge: Printed for the Museum, 1895. url p. 58.
- The complete aquarium book; the care and breeding of goldfish and tropical fishes, by William T. Innes. .. New York, Halcyon house[c1936] url p. 293.
- Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere Jena [Germany]:G. Fischer, c -1993. url p. 29.
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.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- 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.
- Woodland, David J. (from FishBase).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 130838
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-14273
- Fishbase Species ID: 4665
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13779245
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 165946
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 115341
