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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Smith, C.L., 1997
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Common names from other countries

Pétote, Petota, Guajacón, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes) > Cyprinodontinae
Etymology: Cyprinodon: Latin, cyprinus = carp + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); variegatus: From the words Cyprinus=a genus of minnows and odious (stem odont)=tooth, meaning minnows with teeth; variegates Latin for variegated, variously colored (Ref. 79012).
More on author: Lacepède.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina; sötvatten; brackvatten bentopelagisk; ej vandrande. Subtropical; 45°N - 0°N, 98°W - 49°W

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North and South America: Massachusetts, USA to northeastern Mexico; and West Indies (Ref. 86798); northern coast of South America (Ref. 5217).

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 27139); common length : 3.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 5217)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

A short, deep-bodied, compressed fish. Scales large, dorsal profile straight from tip of snout to front of dorsal fin; dark marginal band on tail (Ref. 26938).

Occurs usually near vegetation in salt, brackish and fresh water (Ref. 86798). Inhabits hypersaline lagoons and connecting channels. Found on muddy bottoms in turbid waters (Ref. 5217). Omnivorous; consuming organic detritus and algae, as well as microcrustaceans, and dipteran larvae (Ref. 79012). Caught with fine-meshed nets. Very abundant and easily reproduced in captivity. Used as a forage fish in mariculture (Ref. 5217). Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).

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Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Costa, Wilson J.E.M. | Medarbetare

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 663p. (Ref. 86798)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2019

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; Akvarium: Kommersiell; bete: usually

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.4 - 27.7, mean 26.7 (based on 572 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02188 (0.00833 - 0.05747), b=3.06 (2.83 - 3.29), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 2.4 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Assuming tm<1 and Fec<1000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède, 1803