Biology:Limia melanonotata

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Limia melanonotata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Limia
Species:
L. melanonotata
Binomial name
Limia melanonotata
Nichols & Myers, 1923[2]

Limia melanonotata, the blackbanded limia, is a toothcarp in the family Poeciliidae. It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

Taxonomic history

John Treadwell Nichols and George S. Myers wrote their species description for L. melanonotata in 1923. The holotype and 22 paratypes were collected by Gladwyn Kingsley Noble in Las Lagas, Hispaniola. Nichols and Myers also identified a specimen collected by F. E Watson in Manville, Haiti as belonging to this species. The holotype is at the American Museum of Natural History.[2]

For those who recognize Limia as a distinct genus, this species is in its subgenus Limia.[3] Others classify it in the Limia subgenus within the Poecilia genus.[4]

Some ichthyologists have suggested that L. melanonotata is synonymous with L. perugiae.[5]

Distribution

It is found in the lower Artibonite River, Plain of the Cul-de-Sac, Haiti; extending to the Valle de Neiba (nl) in the southwestern Dominican Republic.[6]

References

  1. Lyons, T.J.; Rodríguez-Silva, R.; Rodriguez, C.; Torres-Pineda, P. (2021). "Limia melanonotata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T177038117A177038185. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T177038117A177038185.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/177038117/177038185. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nichols, John Treadwell; Myers, George Spraguue (1923). "A New Limia from San Domingo". American Museum Novitates (79): 1–2. 
  3. Rivas, Luis R. (1980). "Eight New Species of Poeciliid Fishes of the Genus Limia from Hispaniola". Northeast Gulf Science 4 (1): 29. http://www.nativefishlab.net/library/textpdf/10707.pdf. 
  4. Rosen, Donn Eric; Bailey, Reeve M. (1963). "The Poeciliid Fishes (Cyprinodontiformes), Their Structure, Zoogeography, and Systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 126 (1): 59. 
  5. Farr, James A. (1984). "Premating Behavior in the Subgenus Limia (Pisces: Poeciliidae): Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Courtship". Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 65 (2): 156. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1984.tb00096.x. 
    • Citing: Lechner, P.; Radda, A. C. (1980). "Poeciliiden-Studien in der dominikanischen Republik". Aquaria 27: 1–13. 
  6. Lee, D. S.; Platania, S. P.; Burgess, G. H. (1983). Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes. North Carolina Biological Survey. 1983-6. http://www.nativefishlab.net/library/textpdf/20231.pdf. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q943590 entry