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WRiMS taxon details

Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Cyprinodontiformes (Order)
  11. Poeciliidae (Family)
  12. Poeciliinae (Subfamily)
  13. Gambusia (Genus)
  14. Gambusia affinis (Species)
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]   
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853). Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Panov, V. E.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Robinson, T. B.; Rius, M.; Sobczyk, R.; Stern, N.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Yeo Chong Jinn, D.; Zhan, A. (2024) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159325 on 2024-05-13
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Panov, V. E.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Robinson, T. B.; Rius, M.; Sobczyk, R.; Stern, N.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Yeo Chong Jinn, D.; Zhan, A. (2024). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159325 on 2024-05-13
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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]
To Barcode of Life (109 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (259 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) 
To GenBank (57432 nucleotides; 68895 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gambusia affinis RAD103607-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gambusia affinis USNM 64766 radiograph) 
To ITIS
From other sources
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gambusia affinis RAD103607-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gambusia affinis RAD103607-001)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gambusia affinis USNM 64766 radiograph)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gambusia affinis USNM 64766 radiograph)
Hosted externally
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