Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Cyprinodontiformes: family
Poeciliidae: genus
Gambusia: species
Gambusia affinis

Name

Synonyms: Fundulus inurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882); Gambusia affinis affinis; Gambusia affinis katruelis (Baird & Girard, 1853); 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)
Homonyms: Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
Common names: Barkaleci in Albanian; Barkaleci in language.; Cere in Indonesian; Dai to ue in language.; Gambusa in Spanish; Gambusia in Romanian; Gambusia in language.; Gambusia in Danish; Gambusia in Italian; Gambusia occidentale in Italian; Gambusie in French; Gambusie in language.; Gambusie in French; Gambusie de l’Ouest in French; Gambusino in language.; Gambusino in Spanish; Gambuzia in language.; Gambuzia pospolita in Polish; Gambuzia pospolita in language.; Gambuzija in language.; Gambuzja pospolita in Polish; Gambúsia in Portuguese; Guppy sauvage in French; Isdang canal in language.; Kadayashi in Japanese; Kadayashi in language.; Koboldkärpfling in German; Koboldkärpfling in German; Koboldkärpfling in language.; Kounoupopsaro in language.; Moskiittokala in Finnish; Mosquito fish in English; Mosquito fish in English; Mosquito fish in English; Mosquito fish in language.; Mosquitofish in English; Mosquitofish in English; Muskietvis in Afrikaans; Obyknovennaya gambuziya in language.; Parastā gambūzija in Latvian; Peixe-mosquito in Portuguese; Pez Mosquito in Spanish; San hang ue in language.; Silberkärpfling in language.; Silberkärpfling in German; Spotted Gambusia in English; Texaskärpfling in German; Texaskärpfling in language.; Topminnow in language.; Västlig moskitfisk in Swedish

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