Gambusia

Taxobox
name = "Gambusia"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Cuban gambusia, "Gambusia punctata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cyprinodontiformes
familia = Poeciliidae
genus = "Gambusia"
genus_authority = Poey, 1854
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Gambusia" is a genus of fish in family Poeciliidae (order Cyprinodontiformes). Most "Gambusia" species are principally found in freshwater habitats though some species may also be found in brackish or saltwater habitats. The type species is the Cuban gambusia, "Gambusia punctata"). "Gambusia" species are often called topminnows or simply gambusias; they are also known as mosquitofish, which, however, refers more specifically to one species, "G. affinis."They are very important in aquarium trade, desired for small size, ease of breeding, and charming gracefulness. They are viviparous-they have live young.

Nine species are listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List; one, the widemouth gambusia, "G. eurystoma", is Critically Endangered; and two, the Amistad gambusia, "G. amistadensis", and the San Marcos gambusia, "G. georgei", are already extinct.

pecies

FishBase lists 43 species:
* Mosquitofish, "Gambusia affinis" (Baird & Girard, 1853).
* Yellowfin gambusia, "Gambusia alvarezi" Hubbs & Springer, 1957.
* Amistad gambusia, "Gambusia amistadensis" Peden, 1973. Extinct.
* Blackfin gambusia, "Gambusia atrora" Rosen & Bailey, 1963.
* Golden gambusia, "Gambusia aurata" Miller & Minckley, 1970.
* "Gambusia baracoana" Rivas, 1944.
* Miragoane gambusia, "Gambusia beebei" Myers, 1935.
* "Gambusia bucheri" Rivas, 1944.
* "Gambusia clarkhubbsi" Garrett & Edwards, 2003.
* Dominican gambusia, "Gambusia dominicensis" Regan, 1913.
* Maya gambusia, "Gambusia echeagarayi" (Alvarez, 1952).
* Widemouth gambusia, "Gambusia eurystoma" Miller, 1975.
* Big Bend gambusia, "Gambusia gaigei" Hubbs, 1929.
* Largespring gambusia, "Gambusia geiseri" Hubbs & Hubbs, 1957.
* San Marcos gambusia, "Gambusia georgei" Hubbs & Peden, 1969. Extinct.
* Clear Creek gambusia, "Gambusia heterochir" Hubbs, 1957.
* Hispaniolan gambusia, "Gambusia hispaniolae" Fink, 1971.
* Eastern mosquitofish, "Gambusia holbrooki" Girard, 1859.
* Crescent gambusia, "Gambusia hurtadoi" Hubbs & Springer, 1957.
* Spotfin gambusia, "Gambusia krumholzi" Minckley, 1963.
* "Gambusia lemaitrei" Fowler, 1950.
* Cuatrocienegas gambusia, "Gambusia longispinis" Minckley, 1962.
* Sleek mosquitofish, "Gambusia luma" Rosen & Bailey, 1963.
* "Gambusia manni" Hubbs, 1927.
* Robust gambusia, "Gambusia marshi" Minckley & Craddock, 1962.
* Striped gambusia, "Gambusia melapleura" (Gosse, 1851).
* "Gambusia monticola" Rivas, 1971.
* "Gambusia myersi" Ahl, 1925.
* Nicaraguan mosquitofish, "Gambusia nicaraguensis" Günther, 1866.
* Pecos gambusia, "Gambusia nobilis" (Baird & Girard, 1853).
* Panuco gambusia, "Gambusia panuco" Hubbs, 1926.
* Tiburon Peninsula gambusia, "Gambusia pseudopunctata" Rivas, 1969.
* Cuban gambusia, "Gambusia punctata" Poey, 1854.
* Caribbean gambusia, "Gambusia puncticulata" Poey, 1854.
* Forlon gambusia, "Gambusia regani" Hubbs, 1926.
* Mangrove gambusia, "Gambusia rhizophorae" Rivas, 1969.
* Blotched gambusia, "Gambusia senilis" Girard, 1859.
* Teardrop mosquito, "Gambusia sexradiata" Hubbs, 1936.
* Tex-Mex gambusia, "Gambusia speciosa" Girard, 1859.
* Gulf gambusia, "Gambusia vittata" Hubbs, 1926.
* Wray's gambusia, "Gambusia wrayi" Regan, 1913.
* Cayman gambusia, "Gambusia xanthosoma" Greenfield, 1983.
* Yucatan gambusia, "Gambusia yucatana" Regan, 1914.

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