{"id":940,"date":"2019-07-03T13:32:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/?p=940"},"modified":"2022-05-16T09:46:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T09:46:04","slug":"limia-vittata-guichenot-1853","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/2019\/07\/03\/limia-vittata-guichenot-1853\/","title":{"rendered":"Limia vittata (Guichenot, 1853)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Etymology:<\/strong>                            <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limia:<\/em> Limia<\/em> derived\nfrom the Latin ‘limus’ meaning mud, pertaining to the feeding habits of the\nfish<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vittata<\/em>: (Latin) meaning “striped” or “banded”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First description:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guichenot, A. 1853: Poissons. In: De la sagra, R., Histoire\nphysique, politique et naturelle de l’Ile de <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuba. Vol. 2. Paris. 1-206, Pisces pls. 1-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synonyms:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poecilia vittata<\/em> Guichenot,\n1853                                                                                                       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limia\ncubensis<\/em> Poey, 1854                                                                                                                <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limia\npavonina<\/em> Poey, 1876<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This species belongs to the subgenus Limia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Populations:<\/strong>                          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Found all over Cuba and Isle of Pines, an introduced population can\nalso be found in Hawaii<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habitat:<\/strong>                                  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streams, lakes, estuaries, coastal lagoons,\nand mangrove swamps, the species is generally found in the lower reaches of\nstreams or in coastal marshes near brackish and saline waters.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Size:<\/strong>                                       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Males to 50 mm SL, females to >100 mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colouration:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild caught fish have a base colour is an\nolive green\/beige with a dark edge to their scales which give a net like\nappearance. The sides have from two to four rows of dots whilst the underside\nof the fish especially around the belly are white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Males have a yellow tint to their dorsal\nand caudal fins which are covered in numerous black spots. Several brown vertical\nstripes are also visible on their flanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Females are plainer than the males and\ngenerally have two rows of feint bands or spots on their dorsal fins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild fish can be found with the\ncharacteristic blotching on, but this is a low proportion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aquarium strain fish have a base colour of\npale beige with a white belly, with a range of black and sometimes some deep\nyellow blotches on the sides. The scales have the dark edging similar to the\nwild form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Males have yellow to almost orange dorsal\nand caudal fins, these are covered in numerous black spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Females have a yellow patch behind the anal\nfin. The fins are generally without colour and may have a few scattered dark\nspots.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behaviour:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An active fish with a peaceful but inquisitive nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Husbandry:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large aquarium planted to allow plenty of\nswimming space and having a moderate current will suit these fish, regular\nwater changes are recommended and a Ph. of 7.6 to 8.0 should be aimed\nfor.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breeding\nNotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Females can produce over 100 fry every 4-6 weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wild caught male and\nfemale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pictures courtesy of Don Kenwood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aquarium strain <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picture courtesy of Alan\nPool<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Etymology:                            Limia: Limia derived from the Latin ‘limus’ meaning mud, pertaining to the feeding habits of the fish Vittata: (Latin) meaning “striped” or “banded” First description: Guichenot, A. 1853: Poissons. In: De la sagra, R., Histoire physique, politique et...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3959,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions\/3959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}