Gambusia krumholzi

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Overview

Family : Poeciliids; Prefers calm, heavily vegetated coves and inlets .

Vulnerable

Common Names

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Description

Family Poeciliidae

Distribution: low altitudes from eastern United States to northeastern Argentina; also in Africa and Madagascar. Reported to occur in salt waters in coastal areas[1][2]. Pectoral fins placed high on side of body; anterior placement of pelvic fins; pleural ribs on the first several haemal arches; ventral hyphyral forms a bony cap over the anterior facet of the anterior ceratohyal; supraorbital pores modified such that neuromasts are found embedded in fleshy grooves . Gonopodium present or absent. Some species with all-female individuals, their eggs capable of developing when stimulated by the sperm of another species without fertilization. Usually less than 18 cm maximum length . The Fluviophylacine and the Aplocheilichthyinae that were formerly placed in the Cyprinodontidae are now placed here, thus changing the livebearers to subfamily rank Poeciliinae.The family Poeciliidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Cyprinodontiformes. It contains 30 genera and 293 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Secondary freshwater. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are mixed. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. This family may be found from 44° n to 38° s and 115° w to 50° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, poikilos = with different colours

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Benthopelagic.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Similar Species

Members of the genus Gambusia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 107 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

G. aestiputeus · G. afffinis · G. affinis (Live-Bearing Tooth-Carp) · G. affinis affinis (Live-Bearing Tooth-Carp) · G. affinis holbrocki · G. affinis holbrooki · G. affinis holbrookii (Live-Bearing Tooth-Carp) · G. affinis katruelis · G. affinis patruelis · G. affinis speciosa · G. affins · G. alvarezi (Guayacon De Hacienda Dolores) · G. amistadensis (Amistad Gambusia) · G. annectens · G. arlingtonia · G. atrora (Guayacon De Hacienda Dolores) · G. aurata (Golden Gambusia) · G. baracoana · G. beebei (Miragoane Gambusia) · G. bimaculata · G. bonita · G. bucheri · G. caliensis · G. cana · G. cascajalensis · G. caymanensis · G. clarkhubbsi (San Felipe Gambusia) · G. darienensis · G. dominicensis (Domingo Mosquito Fish) · G. dovii · G. echeagarayi (Maya Gambusia) · G. episcopi · G. eurystoma (Widemouth Gambusia) · G. fasciata · G. punctata · G. gaigei (Big Baikal Oilfish) · G. gaigiei · G. geiscri · G. geiseri (Largespring Gambusia) · G. georgei (San Marcos Gambusia) · G. gracilior · G. marshi · G. heckeli · G. heterochir (Clear Creek Gambusia) · G. heteroclitus · G. hispaniolae (Hispaniolan Gambusia) · G. holbrooki (Eastern Mosquito Fish) · G. holbrookii · G. humilis · G. huntingtoni · G. hurtadoi (Guayacon De Hacienda Dolores) · G. krumholzi (Spotfin Gambusia) · G. krumhozi · G. latipunctata · G. lemaitrei · G. longispinis (Guayacon De Cuatro Cienegas) · G. luma (Sleek Mosquitofish) · G. manni (Bahama Gambusia) · G. mannii · G. marshi (Guayacon De Hacienda Dolores) · G. mcnieli · G. melapleura (Striped Gambusia) · G. myersi · G. monticola · G. myersi · G. nicaraguaensis · G. nicaraguansis · G. nicaraguensis (Nicaraguan Mosquitofish) · G. nicaraguensis sexradiatus (Teardrop Mosquito) · G. nigroventralis · G. nobilis (Pecos Gambusia?104 Names of Fishes) · G. oligosticta · G. panuco (Panuco Basin Gambusia) · G. parismina · G. patruelis · G. patruelis holbrooki · G. patuelis · G. petruelis · G. plumbea · G. pseudopunctata (Tiburon Peninsula Gambusia) · G. punctata (Spotted Gambusia) · G. puncticulata (Caribbean Gambusia) · G. puncticulata baracoana · G. puncticulata bucheri · G. puncticulata manni · G. puncticulata monticola · G. puncticulata puncticulata (Carribean Gambusia) · G. puncticulata yucatana · G. punctulata · G. rachovii · G. regani (Forlon Gambusia) · G. rhabdophora · G. rhizophorae (Mangrove Gambusia) · G. rizophora · G. russelli · G. senilis (Blotched Gambusia) · G. sexradiata (Stripped Gambusia) · G. speciosa (Southwestern Mosquitofish) · G. terrabensis · G. tridentiger

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Further Reading

• Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Wischnath, L. (1993). Atlas of livebearers of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., United States of America. 336 p.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Contreras-Balderas, S. and Almada-Villela, P. 1996. Gambusia krumholzi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• Williams, Jeffrey T. (from FishBase).

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8555147
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-113487
• Fishbase Species ID: 46639
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 647300
• IUCN ID: 8898
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5361

Footnotes

1. Lee, D.S., S.P. Platania and G.H. Burgess (1983). Atlas of North American freshwater fishes, 1983 supplement. Occasional Papers of the North Carolina Biological Survey no. 1983-6. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, N.C. 67 p. [back]
2. Wischnath, L. (1993). Atlas of livebearers of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., United States of America. 336 p. [back]

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