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Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus in Jamaica
Sheepshead minnow

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Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus   Lacepède, 1803
Family:	Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes) , subfamily: Cyprinodontinae			picture (Cyvar_u0.jpg) by Sneegas, G.W.
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes  (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Sheepshead minnow
Max. size:	9.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 27139)
Environment:	benthopelagic; non-migratory
Climate:	subtropical; -2 - 42°C; 43°N - 8°N
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial; bait: usually
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm<1 and Fec<1000)
Distribution:	North and South America: Massachusetts, USA to northeastern Mexico; also West Indies; northern coast of South America (Ref. 5217). Bahamas, Antilles, Gulf of Mexico, Yucatan and Venezuela (Ref. 26938).
Diagnosis:	A short, deep-bodied, compressed fish. Scales large, dorsal profile straight from tip of snout to front of dorsal fin; dark marginal band on tail (Ref. 26938).
Biology:	Occurs in hypersaline lagoons and connecting channels. Found on muddy bottoms in turbid waters (Ref. 5217). Omnivorous; consuming organic detritus and algae, as well as microcrustaceans, and dipteran larvae (Ref. 79012). Caught with fine-meshed nets. Very abundant and easily reproduced in captivity. Used as a forage fish in mariculture (Ref. 5217). Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Costa, Wilson J.E.M.
Main Ref:	Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr. 1991. (Ref. 5723)
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Jamaica country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Caldwell, K.D., 1966
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Recorded from Port Henderson (Ref. 27228). Also Ref. 7251, 27148.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/jm.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.caricom-fisheries.com/jamaica-fisheries
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Burgess, G.H. and R. Franz, 1989
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	Checked:  Costa, Wilson J.E.M.	Modified:  Capuli, Estelita Emily	Entered:  Agustin, Liza Q.

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