Priapella

Priapella
	Priapella intermedia , male
Systematics
Superordinate :	Earfish relatives (Atherinomorphae)
Order :	Toothpies (Cyprinodontiformes)
Subordination :	Cyprinodontoidei
Family :	Viviparous toothcarps (Poeciliidae)
Subfamily :	Live-bearing toothcarps (Poeciliinae)
Genre :	Priapella
Scientific name
	Priapella
	Regan , 1913

Olmec Parrot ( Priapella olmecae )

Priapella is a genus of viviparous toothcarps . The species of the genus mainly inhabit clear, fast-flowing streams on the Atlantic slope in southern Mexico .

description

All Priapella species have a blue iris . In contrast to many other viviparous toothcarps, the sexual dimorphism is not particularly pronounced; only the gonopodium can be used to distinguish between males and females. The basic body color is beige to olive with a lighter belly side and a slightly darker longitudinal band. The fish reach a length of up to seven centimeters, males stay a little smaller.

Systematics

Six species of the genus are known, one of which is considered extinct.

Delicate blue-eyed carp ( Priapella bonita ) † (Meek, 1904)

Priapella chamulae Schartl, Meyer & Wilde, 2006

Squat blue-eyed parrot ( Priapella compressa ) Álvarez, 1948

Blue-eyed carp ( Priapella intermedia ) Álvarez & Carranza, 1952

Priapella lacandonae Meyer, Schories & Schartl, 2011

Olmec Parrot ( Priapella olmecae ) Meyer & Espinosa Pérez, 1990

Aquaristic importance

Priapella species are rarely offered in specialist aquarium stores. Since they are specialized in approach food (insects that fall on the water surface) in nature, they are not easy to keep in the aquarium.

Individual evidence

↑ Priapella bonita in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
^ Manfred K. Meyer, Susanne Schories, Manfred Schartl: Description of Priapella lacandonae sp. n. - a new poeciliid fish from the río Tulijá basin, Grijalva system, Chiapas, Mexico (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) In: Vertebrate Zoology 61, No. 1, 2011, ISSN 1864-5755 , pp. 91-97 ( PDF -File; 0.45 MB ).

literature

Manfred K. Meyer, Lothar Wischnath, Wolfgang Foerster: Livebearers ornamental fish: Species of the world. Mergus Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde Baensch, Melle 1985, ISBN 3-88244-006-6

Web links

Commons : Priapella - collection of images, videos and audio files

Priapella on Fishbase.org (English)

[1] Priapella bonita in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .

[2] Manfred K. Meyer, Susanne Schories, Manfred Schartl: Description of Priapella lacandonae sp. n. - a new poeciliid fish from the río Tulijá basin, Grijalva system, Chiapas, Mexico (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) In: Vertebrate Zoology 61, No. 1, 2011, ISSN 1864-5755 , pp. 91-97 ( PDF -File; 0.45 MB ).