Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Filespine chulin FAMILY - Pimelodidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Rhamdia laticauda laticauda SYNONYMS - Pimelodus laticauda- Heckel 1858 REFERENCES - 01 District Reference Cayo 2 Cayo 1 Belize 1 Stann Creek 1 Toledo 1 Orange Walk 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 2 Manatee Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Deep River Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Five Blues Lake National Park Collected as voucher 1 Hydrologic Association Reference Macal River 2 Elevation Reference 401-600 m 1 601-800 m 1 1-200 m 1 201-400 m 1 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 1 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 1 Tropical wet-transition to Subtropical 1 Subtropical wet 1 General Distribution Comments 2* Rubber Camp References 1 Greenfield, D. W., J. E. Thomerson. 1997. Fishes of the Continental Waters of Belize. University of Florida Press. 2 Glaholt, R. 1992. Macal River Hydroelectric Project Baseline Biological Studies. Rubber Camp Scheme. Aquatic Biology. p.5 in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Vol. II of III
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01/19/98