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The Belize Barrier Reef is home to a large diversity of plants and animals: 70 hard coral species; 36 soft coral species; 500 species of fish; hundreds of invertebrate species; With 90% of the reef still needing to be researched, it is estimated that only 10% of all species have been discovered. [3]
Astyanax belizianus is a small freshwater fish native to various regions of Central America. Little is known of its diet or specific environmental preferences, but it was first recorded in Belize. Modern ichthyology has expanded its range into Guatemala and Honduras, where it inhabits various rivers and lake tributaries. It is a silvery fish ...
Pages in category "Fish of Belize" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Astyanax bacalarensis;
Species: S. astrifer ... The whitespotted toadfish (Sanopus astrifer) is a species of fish in the family Batrachoididae. It is endemic to Belize. [1] References ...
Poecilia kykesis ranges from the Usumacinta River drainage and Lake Petén Itzá in Guatemala to Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico. [3] [2] It was reported as an introduced species in the U.S. state of Florida in 1971, probably having escaped from aquaculture or having been released from an aquarium.
The whitelined toadfish (Sanopus greenfieldorum) is a species of fish in the family Batrachoididae.It is endemic to Belize. [1] The specific name honours David W. Greenfield and Teresa Arambula Greenfield, who when they collected type specimen thought that it might belong to an undescribed species and so sent it to Bruce Baden Collette to be described.
Belize is home to many tropical snake species, including both venomous and nonvenomous snakes. The families found in Belize consist of Colubridae, Boidae, Elapidae and Viperidae, of which the latter two families are highly venomous and may present a potential health hazard to humans if provoked. Out of 1500 species of colubrids known, 60 of ...
The firemouth cichlid (Thorichthys meeki) is a species of cichlid fish native to Central America. They occur in rivers of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, south through Belize and into northern Guatemala. Vancouver Aquarium Fighting. Their natural habitat is typically shallow, slow-moving, often turbid, water with a pH of 6.5 - 8.0. It has also ...