Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Shortfin molly FAMILY - Poeciliidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Poecilia mexicana REFERENCES - 01 District Reference Toledo 1 Corozal 1 Orange Walk 1 Belize 1 Cayo 1 Stann Creek 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Columbia River Forest Reserve 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 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Sarstoon Delta Wildlife Sanctuary Collected as voucher 1 Sibun Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Deep River Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Blue Hole National Park Collected as voucher 1 Hydrologic Association Reference New River 1 Sibun River 1 Temash River 1 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 1 201-400 m 1 401-600 m 1 601-800 m 1 801-1000 m 1 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 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 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 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 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 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 Lower Montane wet 1 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 1 Subtropical moist 1 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 1 Subtropical wet 1 References 1 Greenfield, D. W., J. E. Thomerson. 1997. Fishes of the Continental Waters of Belize. University of Florida Press.
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Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre
01/19/98