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Lake Catemaco
Laguna Catemaco ( es, Laguna de Catemaco) is a freshwater lake located at the center of the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas in south central Veracruz near the city of Catemaco, in east central Mexico. Name The word lagoon in English, and ''laguna'' in Spanish, generally describes a body of shallow brackish water, usually next to the sea. Thus despite the name, Laguna de Catemaco is not a lagoon, but an actual fresh water lake. Common usage in Mexico is ''Laguna de Catemaco'', though scientific articles tend to use the correct and less ambiguous name of ''Lake Catemaco'' in English, and ''Lago Catemaco'' in Spanish. Hydrology Laguna Catemaco was formed millennia ago, when lava flow from San Martin Tuxtla volcano blocked its current northern end, and stands now at 340 m (1,115 ft) above sea level. It is shallow, averaging 7.6 m (25 ft), with a maximum depth of 22 meters located in the channel between Isla Agaltepec and the city of Catemaco. The circulation pattern is clock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catemaco, Veracruz
Catemaco () is a city in Catemaco Municipality located in the south of the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city is located on Lake Catemaco, with the municipality stretching north to the Gulf of Mexico. Catemaco is a tourist destination, with its main attractions being the lake, remnants of the region's rainforest and a tradition of sorcery/witchcraft that has its roots in the pre-colonial period and is mostly practiced by men. This tradition is well-known in Mexico and attracts clients from various walks of life, including businessmen and national-level politicians. Catemaco holds an annual event in March dedicated to sorcery, which can draw up to 5,000 visitors. The city The city of Catemaco is located in southern Veracruz, about 160 km from the port of Veracruz and 220 km from the state capital of Xalapa. It is located inland, extending 2.5im along the shore of Lake Catemaco, a large freshwater lake, which is one of the city's main tourist attractions, along with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreochromis Aureus
The blue tilapia (''Oreochromis aureus'') is a species of tilapia, a fish in the family Cichlidae. Native to Northern and Western Africa, and the Middle East, through introductions it is now also established elsewhere, including parts of the United States, where it has been declared an invasive species and has caused significant environmental damage. It is known as the blue kurper in South Africa. Description In their introduced US range, blue tilapia are usually in length, and reach weights up to . The largest recorded specimen was more than long and weighed more than . Blue tilapia are mouthbrooders, and broods range from 160 to 1600 eggs per female. ''O. aureus'' is primarily herbivorous, but occasionally consumes zooplankton; the young include small invertebrates in their diet. Range and habitat The blue tilapia is native to Northern and Western Africa, and the Middle East. In Africa, it is native to the Senegal, Niger, Benue and lower Nile Rivers. In the Middle East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiphophorus Hellerii
''Xiphophorus'' is a genus of euryhaline and freshwater fishes in the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes, native to Mexico and northern Central America. The many ''Xiphophorus'' species are all known as platyfish (or platies) and swordtails. Platyfish formerly were classified in another genus, ''Platypoecilia'', which is now obsolete. The type species is ''X. hellerii,'' the green swordtail. Like most other new world Poeciliids, platies and swordtails are live-bearers that use internal fertilization and give birth to live young instead of laying eggs like the bulk of the world's fishes. The name ''Xiphophorus'' derives from the Greek words ξίφος (dagger) and φόρος (bearer), referring to the gonopodium on the males. All are relatively small fishes, which reach a maximum length of depending on the exact species involved. Distribution and conservation status The various ''Xiphophorus'' species range from the southern Rio Grande basin in Mexico, throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudoxiphophorus Bimaculatus
''Pseudoxiphophorus'' is a genus of fish from the family Poeciliidae. The species in the genus were formerly considered to be in the genus ''Heterandria'' but workers found that most of the species were not closely related to the type species of that genus, '' Heterandria formosa'', and seven species were transferred to the genus ''Pseudoxiphophorus''. They are found in Central America. Species The following seven species are classified as belonging to the genus: *'' Pseudoxiphophorus anzuetoi'' (Rosen Rosen is a surname of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, the name deriving from the German word for roses. Notable people with this surname include: People A–H * Adam Rosen (born 1984), American-born British luger Olympian * Al Rosen (1924–2015), Amer ... & Bailey 1979) *'' Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus'' (Heckel 1848)-(Twospot livebearer) *'' Pseudoxiphophorus cataractae'' (Rosen 1979) *'' Pseudoxiphophorus diremptus'' (Rosen 1979) *'' Pseudoxiphophorus jonesii'' ( Günther 1874) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiphophorus Milleri
''Xiphophorus milleri'', the Catemaco platyfish, is a poeciliid fish endemic to Mexico's Lake Catemaco and its tributaries. As it has traits of both swordtails and platies, its discovery confirmed that these two groups should be consolidated into a single genus, ''Xiphophorus''. Taxonomy The species was named after American ichthyologist Robert Rush Miller, who collected it along with other ''Xiphophorus'' species. Its discovery enabled scientists to definitely conclude that platies and swordtails should be classified in the same genus, for it combines traits that were thought to separate platies from swordtails into different genera. Namely, ''X. milleri'' resembles the swordtails in body shape, pigmentation, and ecology, but shares the platies' secondary sexual characteristics, pigmentary polymorphism, and the absence of a sword. Description ''Xiphophorus milleri'' is a small to medium ''Xiphophorus'' species. Its body is slender. Nearly a half of specimens have melanophore ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poeciliopsis Catemaco
''Poeciliopsis'' is a genus of poeciliid fishes that primarily are native to Mexico and Central America. The only exceptions are ''P. turrubarensis'' where the range extends into Colombia, and ''P. occidentalis'' where the range extends into Arizona and New Mexico. Species There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus: * ''Poeciliopsis baenschi'' ( M. K. Meyer, Radda, Riehl & Feichtinger, 1986) (Golden livebearer) * ''Poeciliopsis balsas'' ( C. L. Hubbs, 1926) (Balsas livebearer) * '' Poeciliopsis catemaco'' ( R. R. Miller, 1975) (Catemaco livebearer) * ''Poeciliopsis elongata'' ( Günther, 1866) (Elongate toothcarp) * '' Poeciliopsis fasciata'' (Meek, 1904) (San Jeronimo livebearer) * '' Poeciliopsis gracilis'' ( Heckel, 1848) (Porthole livebearer) * '' Poeciliopsis hnilickai'' ( M. K. Meyer & Vogel, 1981) (Upper Grijalva livebearer) * '' Poeciliopsis infans'' ( Woolman, 1894) (Lerma livebearer) * '' Poeciliopsis latidens'' (Garman, 1895) (Lowland livebearer) * ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poecilia Catemaconis
''Poecilia'' is a genus of fishes in the family Poeciliidae of the order Cyprinodontiformes. These livebearers are native to fresh, brackish and salt water in the Americas, and some species in the genus are euryhaline. A few have adapted to living in waters that contain high levels of toxic hydrogen sulfide ()Palacios, Arias-Rodriguez, Plath, Eifert, Lerp, Lamboj, Voelker, & Tobler (2013). The Rediscovery of a Long Described Species Reveals Additional Complexity in Speciation Patterns of Poeciliid Fishes in Sulfide Springs.' PLoS ONE 8(8): e71069. and a population of '' P. mexicana'' lives in caves (other populations of this species are surface-living). Some common and widespread species are often kept as aquarium fish, while other have very small ranges and are seriously threatened. All species in ''Poecilia'' are called mollies except for the Endler's livebearer (''P. wingei'') and the well-known guppy (''P. reticulata'') which have a distinctly different body shape from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heterandria Tuxtlaensis
''Heterandria'' is a genus of livebearing fishes within the family Poeciliidae. Most species occur in Guatemala and its surroundings, particularly Mexico, but the midget livebearer ('' H. formosa'') comes from the southeastern United States. Though many Poecilidae are familiar aquarium fishes, e.g. guppies, mollies, platys and swordtails, species within ''Heterandria'' are not commonly kept as fish. Somewhat more frequently found in aquaria is ''H. formosa'', perhaps because it is one of the smallest known fish species in the world; its diminutive males are probably the smallest fish easy to keep as a pet. Species in this genus resemble egg-laying Cyprinodontoidei such as Fundulidae (topminnows) at first glance, and are thus sometimes called "killifish" though this is technically erroneous. FishBase (2009)''Heterandria'' species Retrieved April 8, 2009. Species FishBase currently recognize 3 species in this genus, but based on genetics, external characters, morphometri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bramocharax Caballeroi
''Astyanax'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae of the order Characiformes. Some of these fish, like many of their relatives, are kept as aquarium pets and known collectively as tetras. With around 150 described species and new ones being described yearly, this genus is among the largest of the entire order; ''Hyphessobrycon'' also has more than 145 species and which one is larger at any one time depends on whether more species have been recently described in one or the other. The blind and colorless cave tetra of Mexico is a famous member of the genus, but its taxonomic position is disputed: Some recognize it as part of the Mexican tetra (''A. mexicanus'') and this is supported by phylogenetic evidence, but others recognize the cave form as a separate species, '' A. jordani''. The type species is ''A. argentatus'', now regarded as a form of the Mexican tetra (''A. mexicanus''). The generic name comes from Astyanax, a character in Greek mythology, who was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ophisternon Aenigmaticum
''Ophisternon'' is a genus of swamp eels found in fresh and brackish waters in South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Middle America and West Africa. Two species are blind cave-dwellers.Romero, A., editor (2001). ''The Biology of Hypogean Fishes.'' Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Ophisternon aenigmaticum'' D. E. Rosen & Greenwood, 1976 (Obscure swamp eel) * ''Ophisternon afrum'' ( Boulenger, 1909) (Guinea swamp eel) * ''Ophisternon bengalense'' McClelland, 1844 (Bengal eel) * ''Ophisternon candidum'' ( Mees, 1962) (Blind cave eel) * ''Ophisternon gutturale'' ( J. Richardson, 1845) (Australian swamp eel) * ''Ophisternon infernale The blind swamp eel (''Ophisternon infernale'') is a species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It is endemic to Mexico where it lives in cave systems and is known in Spanish as the '. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rat ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vieja Fenestrata
''Vieja'' is a genus of cichlid fish from Central America and Mexico. The majority of the species are freshwater fish found in stagnant or slow-moving waters of southern Mexico to El Salvador, but ''V. maculicauda'', which also occurs in brackish waters, ranges south to Panama. They are high-bodied cichlids that reach lengths of up to depending on the exact species. ''Vieja'' feed mostly on vegetable matter, but may also take small invertebrates. Taxonomy and species Historically, ''Vieja'' was included in ''Cichlasoma''. Once recognized as its own genus, it sometimes included most of the superficially similar, relatively large and high-bodied cichlids of Central America and southern Mexico, but several of these are now considered to belong to separate genera: '' Chuco'', ''Cincelichthys'', '' Isthmoheros'', '' Kihnichthys'', ''Maskaheros'' and '' Oscura'' (''Oscuro'' might still be better merged with ''Vieja'', but this remains unconfirmed). Conversely, ''Vieja'' has sometime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
