Biology:Big Bend gambusia
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| Big Bend gambusia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Gambusia |
| Species: | G. gaigei
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| Gambusia gaigei C. L. Hubbs, 1929
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The Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei) is a rare species of fish in the family Poeciliidae.[4] It is endemic to the Big Bend region of the Rio Grande of the United States and Mexico. The only known remaining population is in a protected pond in the Big Bend National Park.[5]
This livebearer is about 2 inches (5.1 cm) long. It feeds on aquatic invertebrates.[5]
This species was described by the United States ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs in 1929 from a type collected in slough close to the Rio Grande at Boquillas, Brewster County, Texas[6] by Frederick McMahon Gaige (1890–1976), a zoologist who was director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Michigan. The specific name honours Gaige.[7]
References
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- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Gambusia gaigei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T8890A18229201. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T8890A18229201.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8890/18229201. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ "Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/6634.
- ↑ 32 FR 4001
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Gambusia gaigei" in FishBase. Aiugust 2019 version.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Big Bend Gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)". https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/bbgambus/.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Gambusia gaigei". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=13778.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 October 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes4/.
Wikidata ☰ Q302911 entry
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