| SOURCE FOR OCCURRENCE IN ECUADOR: Glodek (1978) |
| ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Boulenger, G.A. 1898. Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell' Ecuador e regioni vicine. Poissons de l'Équateur. [Part I]. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino 13(no. 329):1-13. |
| TYPE SPECIMENS: |
| TAXONOMIC STATUS: Valid (Eschmeyer and Fricke, 2011). |
| RANGE ECUADOR: Guayas River drainage (Glodek, 1978). |
| RANGE OUTSIDE OF ECUADOR: None (Glodek, 1978). |
| COLLECTIONS IN ECUADOR: |
| MAXIMUM SIZE: 4.5 cm total length (Fishbase, 2012). |
| DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: This is a small gray livebearer. In overall form, Pseudopoecilia resembles common guppies. Two species of Pseudopoecilia occur in western Ecuador. P. festae can be distinguished because of its higher lateral line count (33-35). The other species in the genus, P. fria has 29-30 lateral line scales (Glodek, 1978). Females have as many as ten thin dark vertical stripes. These may be absent in smaller females (Glodek, 1978). |
| ECOLOGY: |
| ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: Not of economic importance because of its small size. |
| CONSERVATION STATUS: Unknown. |
| LINK TO FISHBASE PAGE: Click here for link |
| SPECIES PROFILE CREATED BY: Windsor Aguirre |
| SPECIES PROFILE CONTRIBUTORS: NA |
