Lebiasina boruca

Lebiasina boruca (Bussing, 1967)

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes) > Lebiasininae
Etymology: Lebiasina: Derived from Greek, lebias, lebiou = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: The Boruca are an indigenous people who used to live in southern Costa Rica, where this species is endemic. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Issue
zzzAT STOCKS < i>P. boruca seems to have a limited distribution in southwestern Costa Rica, it has not been recorded from nearby areas of Costa Rica or Panama. Eschmeyer, 1998:229, Géry, 1977:127.

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

Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 6.0 - 7.5; dH range: ? - 20. Tropical; 23°C - 29°C (Ref. 36880)

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Central America: Grande de Térraba and Coto River basins, southwestern Costa Rica.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 37104)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Recorded from creeks and channels where the current is of low or moderate velocity between 10 and 1000 m of elevation. Swift, active and feeds on terrestrial insects (Ref. 36880).

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Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. (Ref. 598)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(iii)); Date assessed: 02 April 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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