Limia tridens

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}

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| image = Limia tridens (1) (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = A male

| image2 = Limia tridens (3).jpg

| image2_caption = A female

| taxon = Limia tridens

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lyons, T.J. |author2=Rodríguez-Silva, R. |year=2021 |title=Limia tridens |volume=2021 |page=e.T177038495A177038510 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T177038495A177038510.en |access-date=4 August 2024}}

| authority = (Hilgendorf, 1889)

| synonyms = {{Species list | Poecilia tridens | Hilgendorf, 1889}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite WoRMS |title=Limia tridens |id=1019716 |access-date=4 August 2024}}

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Limia tridens, commonly known as the Tiburon limia, is a poeciliid fish endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

L. tridens is found in the lakes, streams, and springs of the lower Artibonite River system, the Neiba Valley, and the streams of both slopes of the Tiburon Peninsula in south-western Haiti.{{cite work|first1=R.|last1=Franz|first2=L. R.|last2=Rivas|date=January 1983|title=Atlas of North American freshwater fishes|volume=|publisher=North Carolina Biological Survey

|number=1983–6|editor=D. S. Lee, S. P. Platania, G. H. Burgess|access-date=4 August 2024|url=https://www.nativefishlab.net/library/textpdf/20231.pdf}}

Males grow to about {{cvt|3|cm}} in standard length.

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