Population structure of an endemic fish Limia zonata (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliinae) in the Maimón River, Dominican Republic
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The population structure of Limia zonata (Nichols, 1915) was studied in four locations in the Maimón River, Monseñor Nouel province, Dominican Republic. The sex and adult-juveniles ratio was calculated for all sampled localities. It was found that the sex ratio of L. zonata was significantly different from 1: 1 and is biased towards females (1.0: 1.6). Juvenile fish were more abundant and frequent than adults (69.3%). More than 800 fish were measured and weighed to analyze the frequency of size classes, morphometry and body condition. Ten size classes were distinguished that vary in frequency according to sex. Total length of the specimens ranged from 6.50 to 65.69 mm, while weight varied between 0.004 and 3.941 g. The morphology varied between sexes and a pronounced sexual dimorphism was found. All the morphometric variables studied showed a high level of association (r). The adjustment of the regression models (r2) of the morphometric relationships was between 85% and 99%. The relationship between the standard length and the total weight was reflected in the rates of growth. The Relative Condition Factor (Kn) demonstrated the good state of health of this fish population, but also variations between the sexes were detected.
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Poeciliidae, Limia, sex ratio, morphometry, fluvial ecosystem
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Rosenthal, G. G., T. Y. Flores-Martínez, F. J. García de León, and M. J. Ryan. 2001. Shared preferences by predators and females for male ornaments in swordtails. The American Naturalist, 158 (2): 146-154.
Sinov?i?, G., M. Frani?evi?, B. Zorica, and V. ?ikeš Ke?. 2004. Length–weight and length– length relationships for 10 pelagic fish species from the Adriatic Sea (Croatia). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 20 (2): 156-158.
Snelson, F. F. Jr., and J. D. Wetherington. 1980. Sex ratio in the sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna. Evolution, 34 (2): 308-319.
Snelson, F. F. Jr. 1984. Seasonal maturation and growth of males in a natural population of Poecilia latipinna. Copeia, 1: 252-255.
Snelson, F. F. Jr. 1989. Social and environmental control of life history traits in poeciliids, pp. 149-161. In G. K. Meffe and F. F. Snelson Jr. (Eds), Ecology and Evolution of Livebearing Fishes (Poeciliidae). Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Sturges, H. A. 1926. The choice of a class interval. Journal of the America Statistical Association, 21: 65-66.
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Ujjania, N. C., M. P. S. Kohli, and L. L. Sharma. 2012. Length weight relationship and condition factors of Indian major carps (C. catla, L. rohita and C. mrigala) in Mahi Bajaj Sagar, India. Research Journal of Biology, 2 (1): 30-36.
Vargas, M. J., and A. De Sostoa. 1996. Life history of Gambusia holbrooki (Pisces, Poeciliidae) in the Ebro delta (NE Iberian Peninsula). Hydrobiology, 341 (3): 215-224.
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Zeug, S. C., and K. O. Winemiller. 2008. Relationships between hydrology, spatial heterogeneity, and fish recruitment dynamics in a temperate floodplain river. River Research and Applications, 24 (1): 90-102.
Zúñiga-Vega, J. J., A. L. Hernández-Rosas, A. Molina-Moctezuma, H. A. Pérez-Mendoza, F. R. Rodríguez-Reyes, Y. M. Bravo-Espinosa, and H. Espinosa-Pérez. 2012. Population abundance and sex ratio of the viviparous freshwater fish Poeciliopsis baenschi (Poeciliidae) throughout its range in western Mexico. Western North American Naturalist, 72 (3): 357-368.
Bagenal, T. B., and F. W. Tesch. 1978. Age and growth methods for assessment of fish production in fresh waters. IBP handbook N° 3. Blackwell Press. Oxford, pp. 101-136.
Burgess, G. H., and R. Franz. 1989. Zoogeography of the Antillean freshwater fish fauna. Biogeography of the West Indies: past, present, and future. Sandhill Crane Press, Florida, pp. 263-304.
Cabral, J. A., and J. C. Marques. 1999. Life history, population dynamics and production of eastern mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki (Pisces, Poeciliidae), in rice fields of the lower Mondego River Valley, western Portugal. Acta Oecologica, 20 (6): 607-620.
Canty, A., and B. Ripley. 2017. boot: Bootstrap R (S-Plus) Functions. R package version 1.3-20.
Chapman, L. J., D. L. Kramer, and C. A. Chapman. 1991. Population Dynamics of the Fish Poecilia gillii (Poeciliidae) in Pools of an Intermittent Tropical Stream. The Journal of Animal Ecology, 60 (2): 441-453.
Cohen, S. N., J. U. Regus, Y. Reynoso, T. Mastro, and D. N. Reznick. 2015. Comparative life histories of fishes in the subgenus Limia (Pisces: Poeciliidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 87 (1): 100-114.
Constantz, G. D. 1989. Reproductive Biology of Poeciliid Fishes, 33-50 pp. In G. K. Meffe and F. F. Snelson Jr. (Eds.), Ecology and Evolution of Livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae), Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States.
Contreras-MacBeath, T., and H. R. Espinoza. 1996. Some Aspects of the Reproductive Strategy of Poeciliopsis gracilis (Osteichthyes: Poeciliidae) in the Cuautla River, Morelos, Mexico. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 11 (3): 327-338.
Farr, A. J. 1989. Sexual selection and secondary sexual differentiation in poeciliids: Determinants of male mating success and the evolution of female choice, 91-123 pp. In G. F. Meffe and F. F. Snelson Jr. (Eds.), Ecology and Evolution of Livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae), Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States.
Fisher, R. A. 1930. The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 272 pp.
Froese, R. 2006. Cube law, condition factor and weight–length relationships: history, meta analysis and recommendations. Journal of applied ichthyology, 22 (4): 241-253.
Gómez-Márquez, J. L., J. L. Guzmán-Santiago, and A. Olvera-Soto. 1999. Reproduction and growth of Heterandria bimaculata (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in the Laguna “El Rodeo”, Morelos, Mexico. Revista de Biología Tropical, 47 (3): 581-592.
Gómez-Márquez, J. L., B. Peña-Mendoza, I. H. Salgado-Ugarte, A. K. Sánchez-Herrera, and L. Sastré-Báez. 2008. Reproduction of the fish Poeciliopsis gracilis (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in Coatetelco, a tropical shallow lake in Mexico. Revista de Biología Tropical, 56 (4): 1801-1812.
Gómez-Márquez, J. L., B. Peña-Mendoza, and J. L. Guzmán-Santiago. 2016. Reproductive biology of Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 (Cyprinidontiformes: Poeciliidae) at the Emiliano Zapata Reservoir in Morelos, Mexico. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (2): 1-9.
Hamilton, A. 2001. Phylogeny of Limia (Teleostei: Poeciliidae) based on NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 19 (2): 277-289.
Haskins, C. P., E. F. Haskins, J. J. A. McLaughlin, and R. E. Hewitt. 1961. Polymorphism and population structure in Lebistes reticulatus, a population study, 320-395 pp. In C. G. Sibley and W. F. Blair (Eds.), Vertebrate Speciation. University of Texas Press, Texas.
Le Cren, E. 1951. The length-weight relationship and seasonal cycle in gonad weight and condition in the perch (Perca fluviatilis). The Journal of Animal Ecology, 20: 201-219.
Lee, D. S., S. P. Platania, and G. H. Burgess. 1983. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes, 1983 supplement. Occasional Papers of the North Carolina Biological Survey no. 1983-6. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, N.C., 67 pp.
McPherson, L. R., A. Slotte, C. Kvamme, S. Meier, and C. T. Marshall. 2011. Inconsistencies in measurement of fish condition: a comparison of four indices of fat reserves for Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). iCES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 52-60.
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de República Dominicana. 2011. Lista de Especies en Peligro de Extinción, Amenazadas o Protegidas de la República Dominicana (Lista Roja), 44 pp. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
Minitab 18 Statistical Software, [Computer software]. 2016. State College, PA: Minitab, Inc.
Montag, L. F. A., T. M. Freitas, D. O. Raiol, and M. V. da Silva. 2011. Length-weight relationship and reproduction of the guppy Poecilia reticulata (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) in urban drainage channels in the Brazilian city of Belém. Biota Neotropica, 11 (3): 93-97.
Nikolsky, G. V. 1963. The Ecology of Fishes. New York, Academic Press, 352 pp.
Parenti, L. R. 1981. A phylogenetic and bioeographic analysis of Cyprinodontiform fishes Teleostei, Atherinomorpha. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 168 (4): 341-557.
Ramírez-García, A., J. P. Ramírez-Herrejón, M. Medina-Nava, R. Hernández-Morales, and O. Domínguez-Domínguez. 2018. Reproductive biology of the invasive species Pseudoxiphophorus bimaculatus and Poecilia sphenops in the Teuchitlán River, México. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 34 (1): 81-90.
Rauchenberger, M. 1988. Historical biogeography of poeciliid fishes in the Caribbean. Systematic Zoology, 37 (4): 356-365.
R Core Team. 2016. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. Available in: http://www.R-project.org/.
Reza, U. B. S., and P. E. Díaz. 1994. Algunos aspectos de la biología reproductiva de Heterandria bimaculata (Poeciliidae). Resúmenes IV Congreso Nacional de Ictiología de Morelia, 57-58 pp. Michoacán, México.
Rodríguez-Peña, C. M. 1997. Phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Poeciliini (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae). Copeia, 1997 (4): 663-679.
Rosenthal, G. G., T. Y. Flores-Martínez, F. J. García de León, and M. J. Ryan. 2001. Shared preferences by predators and females for male ornaments in swordtails. The American Naturalist, 158 (2): 146-154.
Sinov?i?, G., M. Frani?evi?, B. Zorica, and V. ?ikeš Ke?. 2004. Length–weight and length– length relationships for 10 pelagic fish species from the Adriatic Sea (Croatia). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 20 (2): 156-158.
Snelson, F. F. Jr., and J. D. Wetherington. 1980. Sex ratio in the sailfin molly, Poecilia latipinna. Evolution, 34 (2): 308-319.
Snelson, F. F. Jr. 1984. Seasonal maturation and growth of males in a natural population of Poecilia latipinna. Copeia, 1: 252-255.
Snelson, F. F. Jr. 1989. Social and environmental control of life history traits in poeciliids, pp. 149-161. In G. K. Meffe and F. F. Snelson Jr. (Eds), Ecology and Evolution of Livebearing Fishes (Poeciliidae). Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Sturges, H. A. 1926. The choice of a class interval. Journal of the America Statistical Association, 21: 65-66.
Turner, J. S., and F. F. Snelson, Jr. 1984. Population structure, reproduction and laboratory behaviour of the introduced Belonesox belizanus (Poeciliidae) in Florida. Enviromental Biology of Fishes Journal, 10 (1): 89-100.
Ujjania, N. C., M. P. S. Kohli, and L. L. Sharma. 2012. Length weight relationship and condition factors of Indian major carps (C. catla, L. rohita and C. mrigala) in Mahi Bajaj Sagar, India. Research Journal of Biology, 2 (1): 30-36.
Vargas, M. J., and A. De Sostoa. 1996. Life history of Gambusia holbrooki (Pisces, Poeciliidae) in the Ebro delta (NE Iberian Peninsula). Hydrobiology, 341 (3): 215-224.
Weaver, P. F., A. Cruz, S. Johnson, J. Dupin, and K. F. Weaver. 2016. Colonizing the Caribbean: biogeography and evolution of livebearing fishes of the genus Limia (Poeciliidae). Journal of Biogeography, 43 (9): 1808-1819.
Winemiller, K. O., and K. A. Rose. 1992. Patterns of life-history diversification in North American fishes: implications for population regulation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 49 (10): 2196-2218.
Zeug, S. C., and K. O. Winemiller. 2008. Relationships between hydrology, spatial heterogeneity, and fish recruitment dynamics in a temperate floodplain river. River Research and Applications, 24 (1): 90-102.
Zúñiga-Vega, J. J., A. L. Hernández-Rosas, A. Molina-Moctezuma, H. A. Pérez-Mendoza, F. R. Rodríguez-Reyes, Y. M. Bravo-Espinosa, and H. Espinosa-Pérez. 2012. Population abundance and sex ratio of the viviparous freshwater fish Poeciliopsis baenschi (Poeciliidae) throughout its range in western Mexico. Western North American Naturalist, 72 (3): 357-368.
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Torres-Pineda, P., Rodríguez-Peña, C. M., Lasso-Alcalá, Óscar M., & Marmolejo, A. (2019). Population structure of an endemic fish Limia zonata (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliinae) in the Maimón River, Dominican Republic. Novitates Caribaea, (13), 22–38. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i13.190
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