Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Cyprinodontiformes > Family Poeciliidae > Subfamily Poeciliinae > Genus Gambusia

Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

GambusiaPoey, 1854accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: barkuleci; peshku i mushkonjave sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 English: eastern mosquitofish sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.
 Russian: Гамбузия хольбрукская sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine
 Turkish: sivrisinek baligi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Гамбузія хольбрукська

Literature

additional source

FishBase, version december 2007

additional source

FishBase, version may 2009

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.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
GenBank (109 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276134

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304807

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2008-01-15 by Dr Jorg Freyhof & by Nicolas Bailly

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