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Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Carlhubbsia: After Carl Leavitt Hubbs, 1894; he wrote more than 784 technical articles; museum of Zoology, curator of fishes, Michigan (1920-1944). Professor of Marine Biology in La Jolla, 1944.
Eponymy: Professor Carl Levitt (Leavitt) Hubbs (1894–1979) was a giant of American ichthyology. [...] Dr Laurence Cooper Stuart (1907–1983) of the University of Michigan’s Museum of Zoology was an expert on the herpetofauna of Guatemala and described a number of new species. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce pélagique; non migrateur. Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 12468)
Central America: Polochic River and Lake Izabal basins.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 30499); 4.5 cm (female)
Inhabits richly vegetated fast moving waters.
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
After 28 days gestation, female gives birth to 10-30 young (rarely up to 50). Attains sexual maturity after reaching 3-4 months.
Lucinda, P.H.F., 2003. Poeciliidae (Livebearers). p. 555-581. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brazil. (Ref. 50894)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.0 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100). 🛈 |