{"id":955,"date":"2019-07-21T16:13:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T16:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/?p=955"},"modified":"2022-05-16T06:31:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T06:31:47","slug":"limia-perugiae-evermann-clark-1906","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/2019\/07\/21\/limia-perugiae-evermann-clark-1906\/","title":{"rendered":"Limia perugiae (Evermann & Clark, 1906)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

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

perugiae:<\/em> named after Dr.\nAlberto Purugia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Evermann,\nB.W. and H.W. Clark. 1906:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New fishes from Santo Domingo. Proc. U. S. Natl.\nMus., 30 (1478): 851-855.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synonyms:<\/strong>
\nPlatypoecilus perugiae<\/em> Evermann & Clark, 1906 
\nPoecilia perugiae<\/em> (Evermann & Clark, 1906)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Limia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type\nLocality:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small\nstream in San Francisco Mts., Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic].<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Southern slopes of Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Lago Enriquillo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Found in shallow water which is generally\nheavily-vegetated. It can also be found in brackish conditions and even\nhyper-saline lakes in certain locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Males to 30 mm SL, females 50 mm SL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distinguishing\nCharacteristics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The body shape and colour of is affected by the salinity of the water\nthey are found in. The higher the salinity the smaller and less colourful the\nfish are. Body and head shape is also different with higher saline fish have a\nmuch more rounded head and a more streamlined body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colour\/Pattern\nVariability:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Males:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dorsal and caudal fins are pale yellow\nto orange depending on location, the edge of the fins is black along with some\nof the rays. The body colour is grey\/brown colour which is offset by the way\nthe scales catch the light and gives a metallic silver to blue sparkling\neffect. Stripes are visible of some males<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Females:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dorsal fin is without colour except for the black spot at the base at\nthe back of the fin. The caudal fin is a very pale yellow\/orange, all other\nfins are without colour. The body colour ranges from silver to pale\nyellow\/brown with a white belly. A longitudinal zig-zag strip is also visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

A peaceful and active fish. In the wild can\nusually be found in large shoals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water\nconditions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Limia perugiae is found in warm waters, therefore\na temperature range of 72\u00ba to 80\u00ba is recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pH of over 7 is required, they will be\nhappy in harder water. (Some populations actually live in salt lakes so some\npopulations will tolerate brackish to seawater conditions and higher). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Not difficult, all limias are omnivores and\nwill eat will take flake, granular food, live and frozen with equal enthusiasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Males are persistent in\nchasing females, can be bred easily in the aquarium as long as there is plenty\nof food and plant cover for the fry to hide in as adults will predate fry.
\nGestation takes around 4 – 6 weeks and broods of up to 40 fry have been\nreported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving the female to a well\nplanted nursery tank will help ensure good fry numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is thought that water temperatures\ncan affect sex ratios, with higher temperatures producing more females.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: The genus Limia and\nPoecilia can hybridise with each other so where possible keep the species\napart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Etymology: Limia: Limia derived from the Latin ‘limus’ meaning mud, pertaining to the feeding habits of the fish perugiae: named after Dr. Alberto Purugia First description: Evermann, B.W. and H.W. Clark. 1906: New fishes from Santo...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955","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=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3904,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions\/3904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}