Widemouth gambusia

Widemouth gambusia

Taxobox
name = Widemouth gambusia
status = CR
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cyprinodontiformes
familia = Poeciliidae
genus = "Gambusia"
species = "G. eurystoma"
binomial = "Gambusia eurystoma"
binomial_authority = Miller, 1975
The widemouth gambusia, "Gambusia eurystoma", is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of the order Cyprinodontiformes. It is native to Mexico.

This species reaches a maximum overall length of approximately 3.5 cm.

Little is known about "G. eurystoma", but IUCN classifies it as Critically Endangered on the basis of a very small (less than 250 individuals) and rapidly falling population and a small, localized, and diminishing geographical distribution.

References

* Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1ac+2ce, B1+2ac, C2b v2.3)
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