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'''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.

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Species

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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.

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