Gambusia Poey, 1854 is a genus of freshwater fish in family Poeciliidae (order Cyprinodontiformes). The type species is the Cuban gambusia (G. punctata). Gambusia species are often called topminnows or simply gambusias; they are also known as mosquitofish, which, however, refers more specifically to one species, G. affinis.

Of the forty-four species in genus Gambusia, nine are Vulnerable; one, G. eurystoma, is Critically Endangered; and two, the amistad gambusia (G. amistadensis) and the San Marcos gambusia (G. georgei), are already extinct.

Species

• G. affinis - mosquitofish
• G. alvarezi
• (G. amistadensis) - Amistad gambusia (extinct)
• G. atrora
• G. aurata
• G. baracoana
• G. beebei - Miragoane gambusia
• G. bucheri
• G. clarkhubbsi
• G. dominicensis - Dominican gambusia
• G. echeagarayi
• G. eurystoma
• G. gaigei - Big Bend gambusia
• G. geiseri - largespring gambusia
• (G. georgei) - San Marcos gambusia (extinct)
• G. heterochir - Clear Creek gambusia
• G. hispaniolae - Hispaniolan gambusia
• G. holbrooki - eastern mosquitofish
• G. hurtadoi
• G. krumholzi
• G. lemaitrei
• G. longispinis - Cuatrocienegas gambusia
• G. luma - sleek mosquitofish
• G. manni
• G. marshi
• G. melapleura - striped gambusia
• G. monticola
• G. myersi
• G. nicaraguensis - Nicaraguan mosquitofish
• G. nobilis - Pecos gambusia
• G. panuco
• G. pseudopunctata - Tiburon Peninsula gambusia
• G. punctata - Cuban gambusia
• G. puncticulata - Carribbean gambusia
• G. rachowi
• G. regani
• G. rhizophorae - mangrove gambusia
• G. senilis - blotched gambusia
• G. sexradiata - teardrop mosquito
• G. speciosa
• G. vittata
• G. wrayi - Wray's gambusia
• G. xanthosoma - Cayman gambusia
• G. yucatana

References

• "Gambusia" (http://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.cfm?ID=Gambusia). FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2004 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2004.
• "Gambusia" (TSN 165877) (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=165877). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. N.p.: Integrated Taxonomic Information System, 2004. Accessed on 12 December 2004.