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Gambusia Poey, 1854
Taxonomic Serial No.: 165877

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Heterophallus Regan, 1914
	Common Name(s):	topminnmows [English]
		gambusias [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Cyprinodontiformes Berg, 1940 – cyprinodonts, cyprinodontiforms, cyprinodontes, killifishes
	Suborder	Cyprinodontoidei – cyprinodontoids
	Family	Poeciliidae Garman, 1895 – livebearers, topminnows, poecilies, topotes y espadas, poeciliids, livebearing toothcarps
	Subfamily	Poeciliinae Garman, 1895 – livebearers
	Genus	Gambusia Poey, 1854 – topminnmows, gambusias
		Direct Children:
	Species	Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard, 1853) – mosquitofish, western mosquitofish, guayacón mosquito
	Species	Gambusia alvarezi Hubbs and Springer, 1957 – guayacón de San Gregorio, yellowfin gambusia
	Species	Gambusia amistadensis Peden, 1973 – Amistad gambusia
	Species	Gambusia atrora Rosen and Bailey, 1963 – blackfin gambusia, guayacón de San Luis
	Species	Gambusia aurata Miller and Minckley, 1970 – golden gambusia, guayacón dorado
	Species	Gambusia beebei Myers, 1935
	Species	Gambusia bucheri Rivas, 1944
	Species	Gambusia caymanensis Regan, 1913
	Species	Gambusia clarkhubbsi Garrett and Edwards, 2003 – San Felipe gambusia
	Species	Gambusia dominicensis Regan, 1913 – domingo gambusia, domingo gambusia
	Species	Gambusia echeagarayi (Alvarez, 1952)
	Species	Gambusia eurystoma Miller, 1975 – guayacón del Azufre, widemouth gambusia
	Species	Gambusia gaigei Hubbs, 1929 – Big Bend gambusia
	Species	Gambusia geiseri Hubbs and Hubbs in Hubbs and Springer, 1957 – largespring gambusia
	Species	Gambusia georgei Hubbs and Peden, 1969 – San Marcos gambusia
	Species	Gambusia heterochir Hubbs, 1957 – Clear Creek gambusia
	Species	Gambusia hispaniolae Fink, 1971
	Species	Gambusia hurtadoi Hubbs and Springer, 1957 – crescent gambusia, guayacón de Hacienda de Dolores
	Species	Gambusia krumholzi Minckley, 1963 – guayacón del Nava, spotfin gambusia
	Species	Gambusia lemaitrei Fowler, 1950
	Species	Gambusia longispinis Minckley, 1962 – Cuatro Cienegas gambusia, guayacón de Cuatro Ciénegas
	Species	Gambusia luma Rosen and Bailey, 1963
	Species	Gambusia manni Hubbs, 1927 – bahama gambusia, Bahama gambusia
	Species	Gambusia marshi Minckley and Craddock in Minckley, 1962 – guayacón de Nadadores, robust gambusia
	Species	Gambusia melapleura (Gosse, 1851)
	Species	Gambusia monticola Rivas, 1971
	Species	Gambusia myersi Ahl, 1925
	Species	Gambusia nicaraguensis Günther, 1866 – Nicaraguan mosquitofish
	Species	Gambusia nobilis (Baird and Girard, 1853) – Pecos gambusia
	Species	Gambusia panuco Hubbs, 1926 – guayacón del Pánuco, Panuco gambusia
	Species	Gambusia pseudopunctata Rivas, 1969
	Species	Gambusia punctata Poey, 1854 – blue gambusia, spotted gambusia, blue gambusia, Cuban gambusia, gambusia cubana, spotted gambusia
	Species	Gambusia puncticulata Poey, 1854 – Caribbean gambusia, gambusia caribeña
	Species	Gambusia rachowi (Regan, 1914)
	Species	Gambusia regani Hubbs, 1926 – Forlon gambusia, guayacón del Forlón
	Species	Gambusia rhizophorae Rivas, 1969 – mangrove gambusia
	Species	Gambusia senilis Girard, 1859 – blotched gambusia, guayacón del Bravo
	Species	Gambusia sexradiata Hubbs, 1936 – guayacón del sureste, stippled gambusia
	Species	Gambusia speciosa Girard, 1859 – southwestern mosquitofish, guayacón de Nuevo León, Tex-Mex gambusia
	Species	Gambusia vittata Hubbs, 1926 – guayacón de Victoria, Gulf gambusia
	Species	Gambusia wrayi Regan, 1913 – jamaica gambusia, Jamaica gambusia
	Species	Gambusia xanthosoma Greenfield, 1983
	Species	Gambusia yucatana Regan, 1914 – yucatan gambusia, guayacón yucateco, Yucatan gambusia

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Gambusia

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Gambusia

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gambusia

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Gambusia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gambusia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Gambusia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Ghedotti, Michael J.
	Publication Date:	1999
	Article/Chapter Title:	Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the poecilioid fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 130, no. 1
	Page(s):	1-53
	Publisher:	The Linnean Society of London
	Publication Place:	London, England
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gambusia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Nelson, Joseph S.
	Publication Date:	1994
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fishes of the World, Third Edition
	Page(s):	xvii + 600
	Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-471-54713-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gambusia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Shiino, Sueo M.
	Publication Date:	1976
	Article/Chapter Title:	List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
	Page(s):	262
	Publisher:	Shima Marineland
	Publication Place:	Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
	ISBN/ISSN:	0385-1109
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gambusia

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