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Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Poecilia: Greek, poikilos = with a lot of colours (Ref. 45335); hondurensis: This species was named hondurensis in the
manuscript notes of Miller and Cruz after carefully delimitation of its range. I have retained this name in honor of both discoverers.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
; zoet water pelagisch. Tropical
Central America: Honduras. Known only from the
Caribbean drainage basins of Honduras (Ref. 87955).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 87955); 6.3 cm SL (female)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Poecilia hondurensis is distinguished from all other species of Poecilia that have an inner row of tricuspid teeth in each jaw by the absence of a spinal hook on gonopodial ray 5 and an extremely reduced membranous hook on gonopodial ray 3 (Ref. 87955).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Poeser, F.N., 2011. A new species of Poecilia from Honduras (Teleostei: Poeciliidae). Copeia 2011(3):418-422. (Ref. 87955)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Harmless
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Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01318 (0.00567 - 0.03066), b=3.15 (2.97 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278) |
2.6 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100). 🛈 |