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In Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Speleology, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. vol. 3. (Ref. 27297) FB-Distribution-3227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2018-06-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription North and Central America: Rio San Juan, Mexico to Guatemala. At least one country reports adverse ecological impact after introduction. Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr 1991 A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723) FB-Uses-3227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2025-12-12 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial; bait: occasionally 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) Eldredge, L.G. 1994 Marine fishes. p. 65-70. In L.G. Eldredge, Perspectives in aquatic exotic species management in the Pacific Islands. Vol. 1. Introductions of commercially significant aquatic organisms to the Pacific Islands. South Pacific Commission, New Caledonia. (Ref. 9419) FB-LifeCycle-3227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2025-12-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=3227&StockCode=3423 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 28 days after fertilization female gives birth to 30-80 young. Sexual maturity is reached after 7-12 months (Ref. 2060). Wischnath, L. 1993 Atlas of livebearers of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., United States of America. 336 p. (Ref. 26130) FB-TrophicStrategy-3227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1998-10-02 00:00:00 2005-01-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public mexicana http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses To compensate for unpredictability of food quality and quantity results also in phyisological adaptations: cave animals are able to survive for long periods without food (Ref. 52994). Proudlove, G.S. 1997 A synopsis of the hypogean fishes of the world. p. 351-354. In Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Speleology, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland. vol. 3. (Ref. 27297) FB-Size-3227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2025-12-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy 11.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 30499)) Greenfield, D.W. and J.E. Thomerson 1997 Fishes of the continental waters of Belize. University Press of Florida, Florida. 311 p. (Ref. 30499) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Diseases-3227-1448 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2005-02-03 00:00:00 2005-02-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=3227&StockCode=3423 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Capillaria Infestation 5. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Moravec, F. 1998 Nematodes of freshwater fishes of the neotropical region. 464 p. Praha, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. (Ref. 51153) FB-Habitat-3227 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2025-12-12 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3227 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish; pH range: 7.0 - 7.5; dH range: 20 - 30