Fishes from the Río Alvarado drainage, Upper Río Magdalena Basin, Colombia
Author
Albornoz-Garzón, Juan G.
Author
Conde-Saldaña, Cristhian C.
Author
López-Delgado, Edwin O.
Author
García-Melo, Jorge E.
Author
Villa-Navarro, Francisco A.
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2020
2020-09-18
16
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1181
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1181
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10.15560/16.5.1181
1809-127X
Poecilia reticulata
Peters, 1859
Figure 4H
Material examined.
COLOMBIA
• 10,
11.7–24.3 mm
SL;
Quebrada La Manjarres
;
04°28′19.3″N
,
075°04′26.9″ W
;
758 m
a.s.l.
;
19 Sep. 2012
;
Juan G. Albornoz-Garzón
,
Cristhian C. Conde-Saldaña
leg.;
CZUT-IC 10209
. •
8,
15.9–23.7 mm
SL;
Quebrada La Manjarres
;
04° 28′19.3″N
,
075°04′26.9″W
;
758 m
a.s.l.
;
12 Dec. 2012
;
Juan G. Albornoz-Garzón
,
Cristhian C. Conde-Saldaña
leg.;
CZUT-IC 10434
.
Identification.
Dorsal-fin rays 6–7. Gonopodium with a retrorse hook on ray 5. The fleshy palp elongated, ex- tending well beyond the tip. Ventral spines on the third gonopodial ray large, giving the gonopodium a bulb-like appearance. Body silvery, with dots, stripes and blotches (only in males) (
Poeser 2003
).