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Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)

159325  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159325)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) 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. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 6: 387-390. [details]   
Distribution North and Central America: Mississippi River basin from central Indiana and Illinois in USA south to Gulf of Mexico and...  
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. N.J. to s. Florida and around n. Gulf Coast of Texas. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159325 on 2024-04-23
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159325 on 2024-04-23
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2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of ) 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. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 6: 387-390. [details]   

basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]   

additional source 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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]   

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. [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal New Zealand part of the South Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Individual release: accidental release by individuals [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal New Zealand part of the Tasman Sea (Marine Region) Natural dispersal [details]

From other sources
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. N.J. to s. Florida and around n. Gulf Coast of Texas. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]
LanguageName 
English western mosquitofishmosquitofish  [details]
Spanish guayacón mosquito  [details]
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