Scolichthys greenwayi
Scolichthys greenwayi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Genus: | Scolichthys |
Species: | S. greenwayi
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Binomial name | |
Scolichthys greenwayi Rosen, 1967
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Scolichthys greenwayi is a species of poeciliid found in flowing waters along the Rio Chixoy and Rio Salinas system in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.. This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in). [1]
Being a livebearing fish greenwayi after 28 days of gestation, this species produces ten to thirty young.
The fish was named for James Greenway.[2]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Scolichthys greenwayi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Rosen, D.E. (1967). New Poeciliid Fishes from Guatemala, with Comments on the Origins of Some South and Central American Forms, American Museum Novitates 2303, 1-15
- Wischnath, L., 1993. Atlas of livebearers of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., United States of America. 336 p.
Categories:
- Poeciliidae
- Fish of Guatemala
- Taxa named by Donn Eric Rosen
- Fish described in 1967
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs