Limia garnieri

Limia garnieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Genus:	Limia
Species:	L. garnieri
Binomial name
	Limia garnieri; Rivas, 1980

Limia garnieri is found in Hispanola. It is a livebearing fish in the family Poeciliidae.

Etymology

It is named in honor of Emmanuel Garnier, who as Director, of the Fisheries Service of Haiti (where this species is endemic), gave his assistance during Rivas' 1951 expedition to Haiti, when the type specimen was collected.

References

1 2 Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 October 2026.

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[ETYFish-1] 1 2 Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 October 2026.