2012
DOI: 10.15560/8.1.095
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Fishes from Lachuá Lake, Upper Usumacinta Basin, Guatemala

Abstract: Guatemala’s Maya Lowlands constitute one of the most biodiverse regions in Mesoamerica and include 35% of the total number of continental fish species estimated for the nation. From May 2000 through February 2001, we conducted the first long-term ichthyological survey of Lachuá Lake, a 4 km2, 195 m deep, karstic sinkhole located in the middle of Guatemala’s Laguna Lachuá National Park (LLNP), southern Maya Lowlands. Thirty-six native fish species were identified and Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepède, 1800 was colle… Show more

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“…Aquatic ecosystems like Lake Yaxhá, Guatemala, which have minimal habitat transformation and no artisanal fishery, are exceptionally difficult to find (Granados‐Dieseldorff et al. ; Barrientos et al. ).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Aquatic ecosystems like Lake Yaxhá, Guatemala, which have minimal habitat transformation and no artisanal fishery, are exceptionally difficult to find (Granados‐Dieseldorff et al. ; Barrientos et al. ).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The Usumacinta basin has at least 61 fish species distributed in 25 families. The two main families in Usumacinta basin are Cichlidae with 18 species and Poeciliidae with 10 species [6,13,49,50]. To our knowledge, no peer-reviewed document has been published that describes fishes of the Mopan River within the borders of Guatemala.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…En la cuenca del río Usumacinta han sido reportadas 118 especies de peces (Miller, 1988) y en la parte alta de la cuenca, en la región de Las Verapaces y El Petén han sido registradas 88 especies que incluyen a especies tanto dulceacuícolas como catádromas (Granados-Dieseldorff et al, 2012;McBride y Matheson, 2011;Valdez-Moreno et al, 2005), de las cuales algunas son de alta importancia en las pesquerías artesanales de la cuenca (Hernández-Vidal et al, 2014;Perera-García et al, 2008, 2011. En este estudio se realizaron recolectas de peces en 3 diferentes subcuencas de la parte alta del río Usumacinta: San Pedro, La Pasión y Salinas, también conocido como río Chixoy o río Negro (MARN, 2009) ( fig.…”
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“…De éstas 20, solamente en 5 (río Tzetoc, La Pasión, Centro de Acopio Sayaxche, El Naranjo y Mercado Santa Elena) se realizaron encuestas a pescadores (tabla 1). La selección de sitios de muestreo en las distintas áreas se realizó a partir de los vacíos de información que se detectaron a partir de una revisión de la literatura (Barrientos et al, 2015;Granados-Dieseldorff et al, 2012;Kihn et al, 2006;Valdez-Moreno et al, 2005) y de registros en colecciones científicas (e.g. MUSHNAT, LSU, Field Museum, Fishbase2), así como, en la importancia de la pesca artesanal en centros regionales (observaciones Barrientos).…”
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