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Brachyrhaphis olomina (Meek, 1914)

Olomina toothcarp
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Costa Rica country information

Common names: Olomina
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known on the Pacific versant, from the Río Tempisque drainage to the Río Grande de Tárcoles, and on the Atlantic versant at very few sites between Río Sapoá and the Río Reventazón and Parismina. Common in the northern Pacific sector and not in the Atlantic and northern sectors (Ref. 36880).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bussing, W.A., 1998
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
Etymology: Brachyrhaphis: Greek, brachys, eia = short + Greek, raphis = needle (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Meek.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; pelagic; non-migratory.   Tropical; 19°C - 34°C (Ref. 36880)

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