Klassifizierung / Names
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Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Poecilia: Greek, poikilos = with a lot of colours (Ref. 45335); obscura: The name of the new species is derived from the latin word obscurus (hidden) because of its status as a cryptic species.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / Tiefenbereich / distribution range
Ökologie
; süßwasser demersal. Tropical; 11°N - 10°N
Western Trinidad, Oropuche River (Ref. 82825).
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.5 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 82825)
Kurzbeschreibung
Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie
Poecilia obscura is a small poeciliid species from the subgenus Acanthophacelus (SL in males usually not exceeding 20 mm and in females 30 mm), which is distinguished
from all other species of the subgenus by the following characters: comb-like spines of gonopodium ray 3 not numerous (11 to 15), basal massive, vs. numerous (14 to 18), basal slender in P. reticulata and P. wingei. Being genetically divergent from the other species of the subgenus, the definition of the new species is mainly based on evidence from DNA sequence (Ref. 82825).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
Schories, S., M.K. Meyer and M. Schartl, 2009. Description of Poecilia (Acanthophacelus) obscura n. sp., (Teleostei: Poeciliidae), a new guppy species from eastern Trinidad, with remarks on P. wingei and the status of the (Endler’s guppy). Zootaxa 2266:35-50. (Ref. 82825)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00564 - 0.03080), b=3.14 (2.96 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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