Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Occurs usually in large schools over a variety of bottom types. Young hide in vegetation.
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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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13498&speccode=27638
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Distribution
Central America: Haiti.
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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. (Ref. 27158)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27158&speccode=11981
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
5.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 13498)); 5.1 cm SL (female)
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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)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13498&speccode=27638
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Type Information
Paratype for Limia arnoldi
Catalog Number: USNM 151462
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Arnold
Locality: Haiti: Miragoane, Hispaniola, Haiti, Greater Antilles, North America
Catalog Number: USNM 151462
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Arnold
Locality: Haiti: Miragoane, Hispaniola, Haiti, Greater Antilles, North America
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
demersal; non-migratory; freshwater; pH range: 7.0 - 8.0; dH range: 9 - 19
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Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
Produces 20-30 young.
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Riehl, R. and H.A. Baensch 1991 Aquarien Atlas. Band. 1. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 992 p. (Ref. 1672)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=1672&speccode=263
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
aquarium: commercial
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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4537&speccode=1255
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Wikipedia
Humpbacked limia
The Black-barred Limia or humpbacked limia, Limia nigrofasciata, is a species of poeciliid endemic to Haiti. This species grows to a length of 5.2 centimetres (2.0 in) SL. It is also found in the aquarium trade.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Limia nigrofasciata" in FishBase. August 2012 version.
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