Limia grossidens Rivas, 1980

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Limia grossidens, also called the largetooth limia, is a critically endangered poeciliid fish endemic to Haiti. L. grossidens was described by Luis R. Rivas in 1980 along with seven other new Limia species (L. fuscomaculata, L. garnieri, L. immaculata, L. miragoanensis, L. pauciradiata, L. sulphurophila, and L. yaguajali) and made the type species of the newly erected subgenus Odontolimia. Odontolimia are characterized by their large conical teeth. The teeth of L grossidens are larger than in any other Limia species, which is reflected in both their scientific and common name. The maximum reported standard lengths are 49.2 mm (1.94 in) for females and 48.2 mm (1.90 in) for males. L. grossidens is known solely from the coastal freshwater Lake Miragoane in south-western Haiti and is apparently endemic to it. There it shares its habitat with five other Odontolimia species (L. ornata, L. fuscomaculata, L. garnieri, L. immaculata, and L. miragoanensis) as well as with L. nigrofasciata. L. grossidens is listed by the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Limia grossidens Rivas, 1980

Name authority

Rivas, 1980

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Order

Cyprinodontiformes

Family

Poeciliidae

Genus

Limia

Extinction status

Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. gigaclassActinopterygii
8. superclassActinopteri
9. classTeleostei
10. orderCyprinodontiformes
11. familyPoeciliidae Bonaparte, 1831
12. subfamilyPoeciliinae Bonaparte, 1831
13. genusLimia Poey, 1854
14. speciesLimia grossidens Rivas, 1980

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Limia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 299 records assigned to Poeciliidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. Rivas, L. R. (1980). Eight new species of poeciliid fishes of the genus Limia from Hispaniola. Northeast Gulf Science, 4 (1): 28–38. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:72B4W. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.