Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Orange flagfish FAMILY - Cyprinodontidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Jordanella pulchra SYNONYMS - Garanlla pulchra- Hubbs 1936 REFERENCES - 01 District Reference Belize 1 Orange Walk 1 Corozal 2 Corozal 3 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Ambergris Cay 1 Shipstern Nature Reserve Collected as voucher Dry season 2 Shipstern Nature Reserve 3 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Burdon Canal Nature Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Hydrologic Association Reference Coastal 1 Southern Lagoon 1 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 1 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 1 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 3 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 1 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 1 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 1 General Distribution Comments 2* author shows as Garmanella pulchra, the orange flagfish References 1 Greenfield, D. W., J. E. Thomerson. 1997. Fishes of the Continental Waters of Belize. University of Florida Press. 2 de Rahm, Patrick. 1990. Summary Report of the Freshwater Fishes and Aquatic Ecosystems Observed in Belize. ITCF unpublished report. 3 Meerman, J. 1993. Fish of the Shipstern Nature Reserve. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(8):61-64.
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01/19/98