Animalia > Chordata > Cyprinodontiformes > Poeciliidae > Gambusia

Gambusia (gambusias and topminnmows)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Gambusia is a large genus of fish in family Poeciliidae (order Cyprinodontiformes). Gambusia contains over 40 species, most of which 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, G. punctata. The greatest species richness is in Mexico, Texas, and the Greater Antilles, but species are also found elsewhere in eastern and southern United States, The Bahamas, Central America, and Colombia. Gambusia species are often called topminnows or simply gambusias; they are also known as mosquitofish, which, however, refers more specifically to two species, G. affinis and G. holbrooki. These can be introduced into ponds to eat mosquito larvae. As a consequence, they have been introduced widely
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Species

Gambusia affinis (Live-bearing tooth-carp) (Attributes)
Gambusia alvarezi (Guayacon de San Gregorio)
Gambusia amistadensis (Amistad gambusia) (Extinct) (Attributes)
Gambusia atrora (Blackfin gambusia)
Gambusia aurata (Golden gambusia)
Gambusia baracoana
Gambusia beebei (Miragoane gambusia) (Critically Endangered)
Gambusia bucheri
Gambusia clarkhubbsi (San Felipe gambusia) (Vulnerable)
Gambusia dominicensis (Domingo gambusia)
Gambusia echeagarayi (Maya gambusia)
Gambusia eurystoma (Guayacon Bocon) (Critically Endangered)
Gambusia filamentosa
Gambusia gaigei (Big Bend gambusia) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Gambusia geiseri (Largespring gambusia) (Attributes)
Gambusia georgei (San Marcos gambusia) (Extinct) (Attributes)
Gambusia heterochir (Clear Creek gambusia) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Gambusia hispaniolae (Hispaniolan gambusia)
Gambusia holbrooki (Bore-drain fish) (Attributes)
Gambusia hurtadoi (Crescent gambusia) (Critically Endangered)
Gambusia krumholzi (Spotfin gambusia) (Vulnerable)
Gambusia lemaitrei (Mosquitofish)
Gambusia longispinis (Cuatro Cienegas gambusia) (Endangered)
Gambusia luma (Sleek mosquitofish)
Gambusia manni (Bahama gambusia)
Gambusia marshi (Robust gambusia)
Gambusia meadi
Gambusia melapleura (Striped gambusia) (Vulnerable)
Gambusia monticola
Gambusia myersi
Gambusia nicaraguensis (Nicaraguan mosquitofish)
Gambusia nobilis (Pecos Gambusia) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Gambusia panuco (Panuco gambusia)
Gambusia pseudopunctata (Tiburon Peninsula gambusia) (Endangered)
Gambusia punctata (blue gambusia)
Gambusia puncticulata (Caribbean Gambusia)
Gambusia quadruncus (llanos mosquitofish)
Gambusia regani (Forlon gambusia)
Gambusia rhizophorae (Mangrove Gambusia)
Gambusia senilis (Blotched gambusia) (Attributes)
Gambusia sexradiata (Teardrop mosquito)
Gambusia speciosa (southwestern mosquitofish)
Gambusia striatus
Gambusia vittata (Gulf gambusia)
Gambusia wrayi (jamaica gambusia)
Gambusia xanthosoma (Cayman gambusia) (Endangered)
Gambusia yucatana (yucatan gambusia)
Gambusia zarskei (Vulnerable)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0