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

See text. The Cuban gambusia ( Gambusia punctata) is a Species of Freshwater Fish. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. The Cyprinodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, and comprising mostly small fresh-water fish Poeciliidae is a family of fresh-water Fish which are live-bearing aquarium fish (they give birth to live young Felipe Poey y Aloy ( May 26, 1799 — January 28, 1891) was a Cuban Zoologist.

Gambusia is a genus of fish in family Poeciliidae (order Cyprinodontiformes). Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two Poeciliidae is a family of fresh-water Fish which are live-bearing aquarium fish (they give birth to live young The Cyprinodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, and comprising mostly small fresh-water fish Most Gambusia species are principally found in freshwater habitats though some species may also be found brackish or saltwater habitats. Freshwater is a word that refers to bodies of water such as Ponds lakes rivers and streams containing low concentrations of dissolved Salts and other Total dissolved The type species is the Cuban gambusia, Gambusia punctata). In Taxonomy, a type species is the species that originally defined a genus. The Cuban gambusia ( Gambusia punctata) is a Species of Freshwater Fish. 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. The mosquitofish ( Gambusia affinis) is a Species of Freshwater Fish, also commonly known simply by its generic name gambusia They are very important in aquarium trade, desired for small size, ease of breeding, and charming gracefullness. They are livebearers-they have live young.

Nine species are listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List; one, the widemouth gambusia, G. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global The widemouth gambusia, Gambusia eurystoma, is a Species of Freshwater fish eurystoma, is Critically Endangered; and two, the Amistad gambusia, G. The Amistad gambusia ( Gambusia amistadensis) was a small Fish known only to occur in Goodenough Spring Val Verde County, Texas, a Tributary amistadensis, and the San Marcos gambusia, G. The San Marcos Gambusia is an endangered species of Fish, found only in the San Marcos Springs of central Texas. georgei, are already extinct. In Biology and Ecology, extinction is the cessation of existence of a Species or group of taxa.

Species

FishBase lists 43 species:

References

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