Gambusia sexradiata

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 sexradiata

Name

Gambusia sexradiata Hubbs, 1936

• Original combination: Gambusia nicaraguensis sexradiatus Hubbs, 1936
• Holotype: UMMZ 102989. Paratypes: UMMZ 65278 (1), 92115 (25), 97540 (10, now 9), 97542-43 (4, 5), 108570 (28), 108581-82 (1, 3); USNM 117537 [ex UMMZ 102989] (2).
• Type locality: Río Papaloapan at Papaloapan, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Vernacular names

English: Teardrop mosquitofish

References

• Hubbs, C.L. 1936. Fishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications No. 457 (art. 17): 157–287, Pls. 1–15. Reference page. 

Links

• Gambusia nicaraguensis sexradiatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on January 8, 2015.
• Gambusia sexradiata in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Gambusia sexradiata – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).