Gambusia affinis

Gambusia affinis

(Baird & Girard, 1853)

Group
Arthrophallus (subgenus)

Last updated on:
23-Nov-2012

A female at Ojos Solo Spring, the species is exotic for this locality, Ojo Solo, Chihuahua. Photo by Manuel Salazar González. (21-Apr-2015). determiner Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

Family
Poeciliidae

Last updated on:
23-Nov-2012

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Original description as Heterandria affinis:

Baird, Spencer F. & C.F. Girard. 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". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6:387-390 - (ffm04562)

Synonyms (3):

Gambusia patruelis Baird & Girard, 1853, with type locality at Rio Sabanal; Rio Leona; Rio Neuces; and Elm Creek, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
Gambusia humilis Girard, 1859, with type locality at Matamoros, Mexico. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
Haplochilus melanops Cope, 1870, with type locality at Neuse River basin, Wake County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan & Brayton, 1878, with type locality at Neuse River near Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.A. Determiner: Parenti et al., 1999
Zygonectes brachypterus Cope, 1880, with type locality at Trinity River at Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
Zygonectes inurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882, with type locality at Cache Creek, southern Illinois, U.S.A. Determiner: Rosen & Bailey, 1963
Gambusia myersi Ahl, 1923, with type locality at Mexico. Determiner: Baird & Girard, 1853