Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Flagfin mojarra FAMILY - Gerreidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Eucinostomus melanopterus REFERENCES - 01 District Reference Belize 1 Stann Creek 1 Toledo 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Burdon Canal Nature Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Sarstoon Delta Wildlife Sanctuary Collected as voucher 1 Manatee Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 1 Hydrologic Association Reference Temash River 1 Southern Lagoon 1 North Stann Creek 1 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 1 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 1 15 50' to 16 00'; 88 50' to 89 15' 1 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 1 Tropical wet-transition to Subtropical 1 General Distribution Comments 1* This species taken at Southern Lagoon near Manatee Bar, at the mouth of Stann Creek, in the mangrove channels near St. John's College at Belize City, and in Temash River. References 1 Greenfield, D. W., J. E. Thomerson. 1997. Fishes of the Continental Waters of Belize. University of Florida Press.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre
01/19/98