Limia
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Perugia-Kärpfling ( Limia perugiae ) |
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Limia (to Spanish limia " sump ") is a genus of livebearing toothcarps (Poeciliinae). The fish are found in the Greater Antilles ( Cuba , Jamaica , Hispaniola , Grand Cayman ) and in Venezuela . The genus was temporarilycountedas a sub-genus to Poecilia and raised again in 1980 to the rank of an independent genus.
features
Limia species reach lengths between 2.7 cm and 10 cm. They are more or less stocky fish of a brownish color. Males are more colorful and flattened on the sides, while females are plumper. Like all Poeciliinae, Limia species are viviparous. The gestation period is usually around 4 weeks. The fry are sexually mature at the age of 4 to 6 months. All of the Limia species examined as a result can be crossed in the aquarium. The hybrids are sterile, however.
Systematics
The genus Limia belongs to the tribe Poeciliini and is most likely related to a subgenus of Poecilia ( Poecilia (Poecilia) ). The species from this subgenus are also similar to the Limia species in their external shape.
species
- Limia caymanensis Rivas & Fink, 1970
- Limia dominicensis (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Limia fuscomaculata Rivas, 1980
- Limia garnieri Rivas, 1980
- Limia grossidens Rivas, 1980
- Limia heterandria Regan, 1913
- Limia immaculata Rivas, 1980
- Limia mandibularis Rodriguez-Silva et al., 2020
- Tricolored Jamaican Parrot ( Limia melanogaster (Günther, 1866))
- Limia melanonotata Nichols & Myers, 1923
- Limia miragoanensis Rivas, 1980
- Black- banded Karpfling ( Limia nigrofasciata Regan, 1913)
- Limia ornata Regan, 1913
- Limia pauciradiata Rivas, 1980
- Perugia-Kärpfling ( Limia perugiae (Evermann & Clark, 1906))
- Limia rivasi Franz & Burgess, 1983
- Limia sulphurophila Rivas, 1980
- Domingo-Kärpfling ( Limia tridens (Hilgendorf, 1889))
- Limia versicolor (Günther, 1866)
- Limia vittata (Guichenot, 1853)
- Limia yaguajali Rivas, 1980
- Limia zonata (Nichols, 1915)
literature
- Günther Sterba (Ed.), Gert Brückner: Encyclopedia of Aquaristics and Special Ichthyology. Neumann-Neudamm, Melsungen u. a. 1978, ISBN 3-7888-0252-9 .
- Detlev Bork: Limia. In: The great lexicon of aquaristics. Edited by Claus Schaefer and Torsten Schröer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , pp. 591-593.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paulo Henrique Franco Lucinda, Roberto E. Reis: Systematics of the subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), with an emphasis on the tribe Cnesterodontini Hubbs. Neotrope. ichthyol. vol. 3 no.1 Porto Alegre Jan./Mar. 2005 doi : 10.1590 / S1679-62252005000100001
Web links
- Limia on Fishbase.org (English)