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A new species of poeciliid fish, Poeciliopsis santaelena, from Peninsula Santa Elena, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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dc.contributor.author Bussing, William A.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-05-09T17:59:46Z
dc.date.available 2016-05-09T17:59:46Z
dc.date.issued 2008-06
dc.identifier.citation Bussing, William A. (2008). A new species of poeciliid fish, Poeciliopsis santaelena, from Peninsula Santa Elena, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical, 56(2), 829-838. es_CR
dc.identifier.issn 0034-7744
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11606/159
dc.description.abstract An undescribed freshwater fish was recently discovered during a biological inventory of Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica. This new species of Poeciliopsis is closely related to a group of widespread species of small spotted fishes designated as the Poeciliopsis gracilis complex in this study. The complex extends on both versants from southern Mexico to Nicaragua, and with this new finding, extends into Costa Rica. The new species is distinguished from its Central American relatives by its lack of lateral and ventral markings, higher pectoral and caudal-fin counts and more posterior placement of the dorsal fin. Poeciliopsis santaelena is endemic to the Río Potrero Grande, a river whose flow is reduced to just a few pools during the long dry season and flows fully only during very rainy weather. It is just another in a growing list of threatened or endangered species found in this unique peninsular environment. es_CR
dc.language.iso en_US es_CR
dc.publisher Revista de Biología Tropical es_CR
dc.subject new endemic species es_CR
dc.subject poeciliid fish es_CR
dc.subject Santa Elena Peninsula es_CR
dc.subject nuevas especies endémicas es_CR
dc.subject peces poecílido es_CR
dc.subject Península de Santa Elena es_CR
dc.title A new species of poeciliid fish, Poeciliopsis santaelena, from Peninsula Santa Elena, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica es_CR
dc.type Article es_CR


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