Biology:Pecos gambusia
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Short description: Species of fish
| Pecos 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. nobilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gambusia nobilis (S. F. Baird & Girard, 1853)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Heterandria nobilis S.F. Baird & Girard, 1853 | |
The Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae endemic to the Pecos River in Texas and New Mexico in the United States . This two-inch species, as most of its family, is a livebearer. Females produce broods of up to 40 fry every four to five days. The fish are omnivorous, eating algae and small invertebrates, and are endangered due to loss of their spring-fed desert habitat.[3]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (2013). "Gambusia nobilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T8895A18232636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T8895A18232636.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8895/18232636. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Gambusia nobilis" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ↑ "Pecos Gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)". http://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/species/pecogamb/.
Wikidata ☰ Q302443 entry
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