Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Southern Yucatan mosquitofish FAMILY - Poeciliidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Gambusia yucatana australis REFERENCES - 01 District Reference Corozal 2 Corozal 3 Corozal 1 Orange Walk 1 Belize 1 Cayo 1 Stann Creek 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Shipstern Nature Reserve Sighting Dry season 2 Shipstern Nature Reserve 3 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Collected as voucher 1 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Collected as voucher 1 Hydrologic Association Reference Rio Bravo 1 Sibun River 1 Belize River 1 North Stann Creek 1 Freshwater Creek 1 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 1 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 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 15' to 88 30' 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 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 00' to 88 30' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 2 Subtropical moist 3 Subtropical moist 1 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 1 General Distribution Comments 1* Throughout northern Belize, then along the coast from Belize City south to Hopkins Lagoon. 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 ITCF unpublished report. 3 Meerman, J. 1993.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