gambusia

Gambusia
Cuban gambusia, Gambusia punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cyprinodontiformes Family: Poeciliidae Genus: Gambusia Poey, 1854
Species
See text.

Gambusia is a genus of freshwater fish in family Poeciliidae (order Cyprinodontiformes. 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.

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.

Species

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.

References

• "Gambusia". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.
• Gambusia (TSN 165877). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 12 December 2004.

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