Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
- Dataset
- The National Checklist of Taiwan (Catalogue of Life in Taiwan, TaiCoL)
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- family
- Poeciliidae
- genus
- Gambusia
diagnostic
Head moderately large, broad and horizontal dorsally. Snout short. Eye large, on side of head. Mouth protractile, oblique; posterior of jaw distant from anterior margin of eye. Body elongated, slightly cylindrical and posterior laterally compressed; dorsal profile horizontal, ventral profile arched to end of anal fin. Scales large; longitudinal scales:29-32; predorsal scales:16-17. Dorsal soft rays:7-9; pectoral soft rays:12; pelvic soft rays:6; anal soft rays:8-10 (female). Dorsal fin far behind snout, postdorsal length about two times the length of dorsal fin base; pectoral fins reach pelvic fins; dorsal fin origin slightly behind pelvic fin origin; pelvic fin origin close to middle between snout tip and caudal peduncle end; anal fin rounded. Brownish or grayish, slightly transparent; darker dorsally and grayish white ventrally.
distribution
Northern and Central America. Introduced to Taiwan in 1913, can be found in whole island of Taiwan.
Name
- Synonyms
- Fundulus inurus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
- Gambusia affinis affinis
- Gambusia affinis katruelis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
- Gambusia gracilis
- Gambusia humilis Günther, 1866
- Gambusia marschi Minckley & Craddock, 1962
- Gambusia marshi Minckley & Craddock, 1962
- Gambusia patruelis
- Gambusia senilis
- Haplochilus melanops Cope, 1870
- Heterandria affinis Baird & Girard, 1853
- Heterandria patruelis Baird & Girard, 1853
- Zygonectes brachypterus Cope, 1880
- Zygonectes gracilis (Girard, 1859)
- Zygonectes inurus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Zygonectes patruelis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
- Homonyms
- Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)