/cyprinodontiformes/poeciliidae/gambusia/affinis/1.jpg "Gambusia affinis")
/cyprinodontiformes/poeciliidae/gambusia/affinis/2.jpg "Gambusia affinis")
Female/cyprinodontiformes/poeciliidae/gambusia/affinis/3.jpg "Gambusia affinis")
Male
 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853) |
| Common Name | Western Mosquito-fish |
| Type Locality | Rio Medina and Rio Salado, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pronunciation | ah fin iss |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 40mm or 1.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | North and Central America: Mississippi River basin from central Indiana and Illinois in USA south to Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Slope drainages west to Mexico. One of the species with the widest range of introductions which acquired for itself a near pan-global distribution. Several countries report adverse ecological impact after introduction. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 6, pp 390 |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my fish" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| Last Update | 2013 Dec 24 08:48 (species record created: 2011 Apr 13 08:54) |