Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Tripetail

  FAMILY -               Lobtidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Lobtes surinamensis

  SYNONYMS - Holocentrus surinamensis- Bloch 1790

  REFERENCES - 01

  

                                                              
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Belize                                                               1
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Burdon Canal Nature Reserve                                                 1
  Ambergris Cay                                                               1
  

  Hydrologic Association         Reference

  Northern 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 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15'           1
  17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30'           1
  17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10'           1
  

  Holdridge Life Zone                   Reference

  Subtropical moist                            1
  Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical     1
  

  General Distribution Comments

  1*  Specimens in museums from Northern Lagoon, Ambergris Cay, and near
      Belize City.

  References

  1   Greenfield, D. W., J. E. Thomerson. 1997. Fishes of the Continental
      Waters of Belize.  University of Florida Press.