Species: Poeciliopsis turrubarensis, Barred livebearer, Turraba toothcarp
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Poeciliopsis turrubarensis (Meek, 1912)
Barred livebearer, Turraba toothcarp
Body elongate (depth ~ 29% of SL), upper head profile straight; head small, rounded; eye 1/3 of head length; mouth small, relatively narrow, with small side clefts; outer series of teeth larger; 15-22 gill rakers; dorsal fin I, 7, origin over last rays of anal fin; pectoral about as long as head, generally not reaching to middle of pelvic fin; anal fin II+ 6-8, rounded; fins larger in male; pelvic rays 7 & 8 distorted, converging or in contact at midlength; male sex organ a tube on left side formed by folded anal fin rays, long (reaches to or nearly to the base of the tail fin) and slender, organ long ( ~ 2x head length), with ~ 16 hooks along the rear edge of the shaft, tip of shaft curved forward; scales smooth, 27-30 in lateral series, 7 rows above lateral line.
Both sexes olive above, grey below; 6-10 well defined dark bars on flanks of front ¾ of body; dark line along midline from anal fin to tail fin; fins plain dusky, or pelvics tinged with yellow; males with yellow belly.
Size: reaches 9 cm (males are much smaller than females).
Habitat: lives in fresh, brackish and saltwater, in coastal lagoons and rivers.
Depth: 0-5 m.
Ranges from Mexico (Jalisco) to Colombia.
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- Salinity
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- Non Marine
- Freshwater
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Surface
- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Habitat
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- Mangrove
- Soft bottom only
- Water column
- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Freshwater
- FishBase Habitat
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- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- No Data
- Detritivore
- Diet
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- No Data
- Zooplankton
- Detritus
- Insects
- Egg Type
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- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Live birth
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 9
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 5
