Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Pike killifish FAMILY - Poeciliidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Belonesox belizanus REFERENCES - 01 District Reference Belize 1 Corozal 1 Cayo 1 Toledo 1 Stann Creek 1 Orange Walk 1 Corozal 2 Corozal 3 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Cayes, other; see comments Collected as voucher 1 Whitewater Lagoon (Proposed) Sighting Dry season 2 Shipstern Nature Reserve Sighting Dry season 2 Government land Sighting Dry season 2 Shipstern Nature Reserve 3 Payne's Creek Wildlife Sanctuary Collected as voucher 1 Mango Creek Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Deep River Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Swasey-Bladen Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Blue Hole National Park Collected as voucher 1 Burdon Canal Nature Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Sarstoon Delta Wildlife Sanctuary Collected as voucher 1 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Collected as voucher 1 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Collected as voucher 1 Vaca Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Commerce Bight Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Hydrologic Association Reference Coastal 1 Belize River 1 Temash River 1 Rio Hondo 1 Rio Bravo 1 Black Creek 1 Wamil Creek 1 Manatee River 1 Southern Lagoon 1 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 2 1-200 m 3 1-200 m 1 201-400 m 1 401-600 m 1 601-800 m 1 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 3 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 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 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 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 15 50' to 16 00'; 88 50' to 89 15' 1 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 2 Subtropical moist 3 Subtropical moist 1 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 1 Tropical wet-transition to Subtropical 1 Subtropical wet 1 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 1 General Distribution Comments 1* St. Georges Caye, 20 km offshore from Belize City. 2* Government land: seen in small unnamed creek along Western Highway. 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