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Gambusia Poey, 1854

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Poey, F. in Poey, F. 1854.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Cyprinodontiformes
family
Poeciliidae
genus
Gambusia

Name

Synonyms
Arthrophallus Hubbs, 1926
Dicerophallus Álvarez, 1952
Flexipenis Hubbs, 1963
Flexipenis Turner, 1940
Heterophallina Hubbs, 1926
Orthophallus Rivas, 1963
Paragambusia Meek, 1904
Schizophallus Hubbs, 1926
Zygonectus
Homonyms
Gambusia Poey, 1854
Common names
gambusias in English
topminnmows in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Aronsson (2016) Exceldokument: Främmande arter grunddata.xls Skapat 2016-10-25
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  3. Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012)
  4. Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012)
  5. Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697.
  6. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  7. FishBase
  8. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019.
  9. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019.
  10. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019).
  11. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (12/2019).
  12. Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (2016) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication
  13. Ghedotti, Michael J., 1999: Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the poecilioid fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 130, no. 1. 1-53.
  14. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 375 Designation under the Plenary Powers of a type species in harmony with current usage for the genus Heterandria Agassiz (J. L. R.), 1853 (class Osteichthyes).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 11(25), 379-390 (1955)
  15. Mem. Cuba, 1
  16. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  17. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  18. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  19. Roskov, Y. et al. (2017) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th July 2015. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. http://www.catalogueoflife.org
  20. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
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