Gambusia
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 Cuban gambusia (G. punctata) | ||||||||||||||
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Gambusia Poey, 1854 is a genus of freshwater fish in family Poeciliidae (order Cyprinodontiformes). The type species is the Cuban gambusia (G. punctata). 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.
Of the forty-four species in genus Gambusia, nine are Vulnerable; one, G. eurystoma, is Critically Endangered; and two, the amistad gambusia (G. amistadensis) and the San Marcos gambusia (G. georgei), are already extinct.
Species
- G. affinis - mosquitofish
- G. alvarezi
- (G. amistadensis) - Amistad gambusia (extinct)
- G. atrora
- G. aurata
- G. baracoana
- G. beebei - Miragoane gambusia
- G. bucheri
- G. clarkhubbsi
- G. dominicensis - Dominican gambusia
- G. echeagarayi
- G. eurystoma
- G. gaigei - Big Bend gambusia
- G. geiseri - largespring gambusia
- (G. georgei) - San Marcos gambusia (extinct)
- G. heterochir - Clear Creek gambusia
- G. hispaniolae - Hispaniolan gambusia
- G. holbrooki - eastern mosquitofish
- G. hurtadoi
- G. krumholzi
- G. lemaitrei
- G. longispinis - Cuatrocienegas gambusia
- G. luma - sleek mosquitofish
- G. manni
- G. marshi
- G. melapleura - striped gambusia
- G. monticola
- G. myersi
- G. nicaraguensis - Nicaraguan mosquitofish
- G. nobilis - Pecos gambusia
- G. panuco
- G. pseudopunctata - Tiburon Peninsula gambusia
- G. punctata - Cuban gambusia
- G. puncticulata - Caribbean gambusia
- G. rachowi
- G. regani
- G. rhizophorae - mangrove gambusia
- G. senilis - blotched gambusia
- G. sexradiata - teardrop mosquito
- G. speciosa
- G. vittata
- G. wrayi - Wray's gambusia
- G. xanthosoma - Cayman gambusia
- G. yucatana