Gambusia gaigei

Gambusia gaigei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Gambusiini
Genus: Gambusia
Species: Gambusia gaigei

Name

Gambusia gaigei Hubbs, 1929

• Holotype: UMMZ 84527. Paratypes: UMMZ 84528 (orig. 62, now 59, 5 c&s), USNM 117534 [ex UMMZ 84528] (3).
• Type locality: A slough close to the Rio Grande at Boquillas, Brewster County, Texas, U.S.A.

Vernacular names

English: Big Bend gambusia

References

• Hubbs, C.L., 1929: Studies of the fishes of the order Cyprinodontes. VIII. Gambusia gaigei, a new species from the Rio Grande. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 98: 1–11. Full issue (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Gambusia gaigei in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2023. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on January 8, 2015.
• Gambusia gaigei in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2023.
• Gambusia gaigei – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).