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