{"id":975,"date":"2019-08-06T17:43:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T17:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/?p=975"},"modified":"2022-05-16T06:31:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T06:31:37","slug":"limia-melanogaster-gunther-1866","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/2019\/08\/06\/limia-melanogaster-gunther-1866\/","title":{"rendered":"Limia melanogaster (G\u00fcnther 1866)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

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

melanogaster<\/em> meaning\nblack abdomen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Gunther A, 1866 Catalogue of the\nPhysostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae,\nMormyridae, Gymnarchidae, socidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae,\nin the collection of the British Museum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Poecilia melanogaster<\/em> G\u00fcnther, 1866<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lebistes melanogaster<\/em> (G\u00fcnther, 1866)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

This species was originally classified in the genus Limia before this was made\na sub-genus of Poecilia.\nConfusingly they have been reclassified once more into Limia, but are still\nreferred to as members of Poecilia in much of the available literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Not specified<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Recorded in rivers near to Kingston and\nSpanish Town, Jamaica. Also found in other streams, lagoons and springs to the\nSouth and West of the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

Found\nin small shallow streams with dense vegetation over a sandy substrate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Male 1.6\u2033 (4cm). Female 2\u2033 (5cm).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Black-bellied\nLimia has an overall grey body color with a blue sheen. Both sexes are marked\nwith 5-8 dark vertical bars on the rear half of the body. Males have a smaller and\nmore slender body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Males: The male has a pale yellow dorsal fin, marked with\ntwo dark bands: one on the margin, the other on the base, the male\u2019s caudal fin\nis orange with a dark band. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Females:\nthe female has a clear fin with only one dark bar at the base. females have a\nlarge black patch on the belly                                   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Peaceful and very active<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Prefers a tank with densely planted areas but also plenty of open swimming\nspace hence the relatively large recommended tank size. Also appreciates some floating cover. Temperature\nshould be in the range of 72-82\u00b0F (22-28\u00b0C) with a pH of 7.5-8.5 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Males are vigorous in their pursuit of the females,\ntherefore a heavily planted tank which gives the females somewhere to hide is\nessential, also the addition of floating plants is also recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The females can drop between 20-50 fry with a gestation period of 4-6 weeks. The fry are large enough to take newly hatched brine shrimp or powdered flake from birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Image<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Pair<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Etymology: Limia: Limia derived from the Latin ‘limus’ meaning mud, pertaining to the feeding habits of the fish melanogaster meaning black abdomen. First description: Gunther A, 1866 Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae,...<\/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-975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975","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=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3902,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions\/3902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}