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    Species Accepted

    Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)

    Spotted Gambusia
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Gambusia
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 62 countries or islands

      62 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullNoUnknown
      United Arab EmiratesNo
      AfghanistanNo
      AlbaniaNo
      ArmeniaNo
      ArgentinaNo
      American SamoaNo
      AustraliaNo
      AzerbaijanNo
      BangladeshNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      32 results
      Cere Indonesian
      Gambusa Spanish
      Gambusia occidentale Italian
      Gambusie de l’Ouest French
      Gambuzja pospolita Polish
      Guppy sauvage French
      Koboldkärpfling German
      Moskiittokala Finnish
      Muskietvis Afrikaans
      Parastā gambūzija Latvian

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      4 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      13 results
      Baird, S. F. & Girard, C. F. (1853) Descriptions of new species of fishes collected by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, under Lt. Col. Jas. D. Graham. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6, 387 - 390.
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10062329/common/276214
      Baird, S. F., & Girard, C. F. (1853). Descriptions of new species of fishes collected by Mr. John H. Clark, on the U. S. and Mexican Boundary Survey, under Lt. Col. Jas. D. Graham. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. 6: 387–390. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=431137
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Cope, E. D. (1880). On the zoological position of Texas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 17: 1–51. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=439368
      North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
      Cope, E. D. (1870). A partial synopsis of the fishes of the fresh waters of North Carolina. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 11 (84): 448–495. [Reissued as second edition in 1877 with notes added.]. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=425222
      Page, L. M.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L. T.; Gilbert, C. R.; Lea, R. N.; Mandrak, N. E.; Mayden, R. L.; Nelson, J. S.; (2013). Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 7th edition. https://doi.org/10.47886/9781934874318 10.47886/9781934874318
      King, C. M., Roberts, C. D., Bell, B. D., Fordyce, R. E., Nicoll, R. S., Worthy, T. H., Paulin, C. D., Hitchmough, R. A., Keyes, I. W., Baker, A. N., Stewart, A. L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R. M., Holdaway, R. N., McPhee, R. P., Schwarzhans, W. W., Tennyson, A. J. D., Rust, S., & Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia, pp. 431–554. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=132602
      Jordan, D. S., & Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Description of a new cyprinodont (Zygonectes inurus), from southern Illinois. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 5 (no. 273): 143–144. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.5-273.143 10.5479/si.00963801.5-273.143

      Citation

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