Gambusia rhizophorae

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 rhizophorae

Name

Gambusia rhizophorae Rivas, 1969

• Holotype: USNM 03223. Paratypes: GCRL [ex USNM 205493] (4); UMMZ 145059 [ex USNM 203228] (3); USNM 203224 (26, now 25), 205493 [ex UMIM 4792] (59, now 55).
• Type locality: Mangrove swamp at Matheson Hammock, Biscayne Bay, Miami, Dade County, Florida, U.S.A.

Vernacular names

English: Mangrove gambusia

References

• Rivas, L.R. 1969: A revision of the poeciliid fishes of the Gambusia punctata species group, with descriptions of two new species. Copeia 1969(4): 778–795. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Gambusia rhizophorae in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on January 7, 2015.
• Gambusia rhizophorae in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Gambusia rhizophorae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).