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The mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) from the USGS. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ...
Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ...
Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with...
Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ...
Families Anablepidae (four-eyed fish) Cyprinodontidae (pupfish) Fundulidae Goodeidae Rivulinidae Poeciliidae (live-bearers) (and others) The Cyprinodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Microcyprini, and comprising mostly small, fresh-water fish. ...
Genera Alfaro Belonesox Brachyrhapis Cnesterodon Gambusia (mosquitofishes) Girardichthys Girardinus Heterandria Heterophallus Jenynsia Limia Micropoecilia Phallichthys Phalloceros Phalloptychus Platypoecilus Poecilia (mollies) Poeciliopsis Priapella Pseudoxiphophorus Quitana Xiphophorus (swordtails, platys) Poeciliidae is a family of fresh-water fishes which are live-bearing aquarium fish (they give birth to live young). ...
Species (see text) Gambusia Poey, 1854 is a genus of freshwater fish in family Poeciliidae (order Cyprinodontiformes). ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
Spencer Fullerton Baird Spencer Fullerton Baird (February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American ornithologist and ichthyologist. ...
Charles Frédéric Girard (March 8, 1822 - January 29, 1895) was a French biologist specializing on ichthyology and herpetology. ...
1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ...
For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ...
The Guppy, also known as guppie (Poecilia reticulata) is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. ...
In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ...
Genera Alfaro Belonesox Brachyrhapis Cnesterodon Gambusia (mosquitofishes) Girardichthys Girardinus Heterandria Heterophallus Jenynsia Limia Micropoecilia Phallichthys Phalloceros Phalloptychus Platypoecilus Poecilia (mollies) Poeciliopsis Priapella Pseudoxiphophorus Quitana Xiphophorus (swordtails, platys) Poeciliidae is a family of fresh-water fishes which are live-bearing aquarium fish (they give birth to live young). ...
Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Families Anablepidae (four-eyed fish) Cyprinodontidae (pupfish) Fundulidae Goodeidae Rivulinidae Poeciliidae (live-bearers) (and others) The Cyprinodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Microcyprini, and comprising mostly small, fresh-water fish. ...
These fish are native to the watershed of the Gulf of Mexico, where it has long been known that they feed readily on the aquatic larval and pupal stages of mosquitoes. They are remarkably hardy, surviving in waters of very low oxygen saturations, high salinities (including twice that of seawater), and high temperatures; they can even survive in waters up to 42 °C for short periods. For these reasons, this species may now be the most widespread freshwater fish in the world, having been introduced as a biocontrol to tropical and temperate countries in both hemispheres, and then spreading further both naturally and through even further introductions. As mentioned above, many of these introductions are questionable; in countries where mosquitofish have been introduced it is often proved that the endemic fish species were already providing maximal mosquito control, and that the introduction of mosquitofish has been both unnecessary and highly damaging to endemic fish and other endemic aquatic life. Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...
A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ...
Chrysalis of Gulf Fritillary in Georgetown, South Carolina Pupation of Inachis io A pupa (plural: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. ...
This article is about the insect; for the WWII aircraft see De Havilland Mosquito. ...
Biological control of pests and diseases Overview A key belief of the organic gardener is that diversity furthers health. ...
The mosquitofish is a small and stout, dull grey, robust fish with a rounded tail and a terminal and upward-pointing mouth adapted for feeding at the water's surface. In these features and their small size they resemble the tropical guppies, which belong to the same taxonomic family. Sexual dimorphism is pronounced; mature females reach a maximum overall length of 7 cm, while males reach only 4 cm. Binomial name Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 The guppy, also known as guppie (Poecilia reticulata) is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. ...
Female (left) and male Common Pheasant, illustrating the dramatic difference in form between the sexes Sexual dimorphism is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species. ...
Female is a sex that denotes an animal which produces egg cells in order to reproduce. ...
The word male has the following meanings: In biology, it refers to one half of a heterogamous reproduction system, where the female is the other half. ...
Females can reach sexual maturity in only six to eight weeks, and they may bear three to four broods of young in a single season. The first may number only a dozen, but later broods include 60 to 100 young. Females store sperm in their reproductive tract for up to two months and give birth to live offspring. Live-bearing gives their young a much higher survival rate than in most species of egg-laying fish, which typically suffer from egg predation. A viviparous animal is an animal employing vivipary, a method of reproduction in which the embryo develops inside the body of the mother from which it gains nourishment, and not from an egg. ...
Under favourable conditions, mosquitofish live two to three years. Estimates of their breeding potential have therefore demonstrated an incredible ability for this species to multiply and dominate new habitats into which they have been introduced. Their success in a new environment is almost guaranteed by their rapid maturation, by breeding several times a year, and producing broods of around 50 advanced live young. Individual populations have been recorded expanding from 7,000 to 120,000 in five months.
The mosquitofish is also commonly known simply by its generic name, gambusia, although such usage is, to say the least, ambiguous. It is sometimes called the western mosquitofish, to distinguish it from the eastern mosquitofish (G. holbrooki). In Hong Kong, it is also known as the live-bearing tooth-carp. In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ...
Binomial name Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 The eastern mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki, is a species of freshwater fish. ...
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