Gambusia affinis

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Fundulus inurus (Jordan and Gilbert • Gambusia affinis affinis (Baird & Girard • Gambusia affinis katruelis (Baird & Girard • Gambusia gracilis Girard • Gambusia humilis Günther • Gambusia patruelis (Baird & Girard • Haplochilus melanops Cope • Heterandria affinis Baird & Girard • Heterandria patruelis Baird & Girard • Zygonectes brachypterus Cope • Zygonectes gracilis (Girard • Zygonectes inurus Jordan & Gilbert • Zygonectes patruelis (Baird & Girard

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Author and year from Eschmeyer[1].

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 12-Mar-1997

Similar Species

Fish Name Lateral Scales Dorsal Fin Origin Color and Pigment Pattern Similarity Index Comments Banded Killifish 39-43 Ahead of anal origin Silvery with irregular dark vertical bars (often faint) on flanks; no dark bar or blotch below eye Very similar Blackstripe Topminnow 31-36 Behind anal origin Olive with thick dark lateral stripe, sometimes with finer incomplete vertical bars giving stripe a zig-zag appearance; no dark bar or blotch below eye Very similar Central Mudminnow 34-37 Ahead of anal origin Dark olive green to brown black, mottled with up to 14 distinct to vague dark brown vertical bars; belly yellow to white; dark bar or blotch below eye Moderately similar Starhead Topminnow 30-34 Behind anal origin Olive or silvery with either fine dark vertical bars or lateral stripes (consisting of rows of fine spots); dark bar or blotch below eye Very similar Western Mosquitofish 29-32 Behind anal origin Solid tan or olive, sometimes with fine spots, especially dorsally; dark bar or blotch below eye N/A Not established in WI, but stocked in the past and known from Illinois north of Chicago

Members of the genus Gambusia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 47 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. affinis (Live-Bearing Tooth-Carp) · G. affinis affinis (Live-Bearing Tooth-Carp) · G. affinis holbrookii (Live-Bearing Tooth-Carp) · G. alvarezi (Guayacon De Hacienda Dolores) · G. amistadensis (Amistad Gambusia) · G. atrora (Guayacon De Hacienda Dolores) · G. aurata (Golden Galaxias) · G. beebei (Miragoane Gambusia) · G. bonita (Graceful Priapella) · G. clarkhubbsi (San Felipe Gambusia) · G. dominicensis (Domingo Mosquito Fish) · G. echeagarayi (Maya Gambusia) · G. eurystoma (Widemouth Gambusia) · G. fasciata (San Jeronimo Livebearer) · G. punctata (Hubbs's Gambusia) · G. gaigei (Big Baikal Oilfish) · G. geiseri (Largespring Gambusia) · G. georgei (San Marcos Gambusia) · G. heterochir (Clear Creek Gambusia) · G. hispaniolae (Hispaniolan Gambusia) · G. holbrooki (Eastern Nosquitofish) · G. hurtadoi (Hurtado's Gambusia) · G. krumholzi (Spotfin Gambusia) · G. longispinis (Guayacon De Cuatro Cienegas) · G. luma (Sleek Mosquitofish) · G. manni (Marsh's Gambusia) · G. marshi (Marsh's Gambusia) · G. mcnieli (Stripped Gambusia) · G. melapleura (Striped Gambusia) · G. nicaraguensis (Nicaraguan Gambusia) · G. nicaraguensis sexradiatus (Stippled Gambusia) · G. nobilis (Pecos Gambusia?104 Names of Fishes) · G. panuco (Panuco Basin Gambusia) · G. pseudopunctata (Tiburon Peninsula Gambusia) · G. punctata (Carribean Gambusia) · G. puncticulata (Carribean Gambusia) · G. puncticulata puncticulata (Caribbean Gambusia) · G. regani (Forktongue Goby) · G. rhizophorae (Mangrove Gambusia) · G. senilis (Blotched Gambusia) · G. sexradiata (Stippled Gambusia) · G. speciosa (Southwestern Mosquitofish) · G. turrubarensis (Barred Livebearer) · G. vittata (Gulf Gambusia) · G. wrayi (Jamaica Gambusia) · G. xanthosoma (Cayman Gambusia) · G. yucatana (Guayacon Ojiazul)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 12, 2007:

• Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Fish Collection
• GBIF-Spain, BDBCV BioBlitz in Penyagolosa
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fish Collection
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Fishes
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center, Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History, Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3863696
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-52979
• Fishbase Species ID: 4521
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14247994
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 165878
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCNC02100
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15506

Footnotes

1. Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (1998). Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p. [back]

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