WoRMS taxon details
Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
AphiaID: 159325
AphiaID: 159325
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Cyprinodontiformes (Order) > Poeciliidae (Family) > Poeciliinae (Subfamily) > Gambusia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Gambusia Poey, 1854 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Fundulus inurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Gambusia affinis affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853) Gambusia affinis katruelis (Baird & Girard, 1853) (misspelling) Gambusia gracilis Girard, 1859 Gambusia humilis Günther, 1866 Gambusia patruelis (Baird & Girard, 1853) Haplochilus melanops Cope, 1870 Heterandria affinis Baird & Girard, 1853 Heterandria patruelis Baird & Girard, 1853 Zygonectes brachypterus Cope, 1880 Zygonectes gracilis (Girard, 1859) Zygonectes inurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Zygonectes patruelis (Baird & Girard, 1853) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record: Robins, C.R., G.C. Ray, J. Douglass and R. Freund. 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. 354 p. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Gambusia affinis affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853) accepted as Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853) Subspecies Gambusia affinis holbrocki (Girard, 1859) accepted as Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 Subspecies Gambusia affinis holbrooki (Girard, 1859) accepted as Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 Subspecies Gambusia affinis katruelis (Baird & Girard, 1853) accepted as Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853) | ||||||||||
| Environment | |||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Ergasilus funduli Kroyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaea carassii Tidd, 1933 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (233 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (118 nucleotides; 104 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: North and Central America: Mississippi River basin from central Indiana and Illinois in USA south to Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Slope drainages west to Mexico. One of the species with the widest range of introductions which acquired for itself a near pan-global distribution. N.J. to s. Florida and around n. Gulf Coast of Texas. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159325 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159325 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||
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