Biology:Hispaniolan gambusia

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Hispaniolan gambusia
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Gambusia
Species:
G. hispaniolae
Binomial name
Gambusia hispaniolae
Fink, 1971

The Hispaniolan gambusia (Gambusia hispaniolae) is a fish endemic to the island of Hispaniola.

Taxonomy

William L. Fink wrote its species description in a 1971 revision of the Gambusia nicaraguensis species group. Some specimens of this species had previously been misidentified as Gambusia dominicensis. Fink named this species after the island of Hispaniola, where this fish is found. The holotype is in the Smithsonian and the type locality is Trou Caïman, Plaine du Cul-de-Sac in Ouest, Haiti.[2]

Phylogeny

One phylogenetic analysis showed that G. hispaniolae is a sister species to G. punctata and G. rhizophorae.[3]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Haiti and the western Dominican Republic.[2] It is normally found in springs which flow into brackish and saline lagoons.[4]

Description

The standard length of the males is 18.1–29.8 mm (0.71–1.17 in) and the standard length of the females is 19.1–51.8 mm (0.75–2.04 in).[2]

References

Further reading

  • Franz, R.; Rivas, L. R. (1983). "Gambusia hispaniolae Fink". in Lee, D. S.; Platania, S. P.; Burgess, G. H.. Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes: 1983 Supplement. North Carolina Biological Survey Contribution. 1983-6. Raleigh: North Carolina State Museum of Natural History. p. 13. http://www.nativefishlab.net/library/textpdf/20231.pdf#page=17. 
  • Rauchenberger, Mary (1989). "Systematics and Biogeography of the Genus Gambusia (Cyprinodontiformes, Poecilidae)". American Museum Novitates (2951). 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3757047 entry