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Gambusia senilis

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Gambusia senilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Gambusia
Species:
G. senilis
Binomial name
Gambusia senilis
Girard, 1859

Gambusia senilis, the blotched gambusia, is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae found in Mexico, where it is called guayacon pinto, and formerly in the Devil's River in the Rio Grande basin in Texas.[2] The Texas population was extirpated following the construction of the Amistad Dam.[3]

References

  1. ^ NatureServe, Matamoros, W.A.; Valdes Gonzales, A.; Vega-Cendejas, M. (2019). "Gambusia senilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T8896A129984165. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T8896A129984165.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gambusia senilis". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. ^ "Gambusia senilis blotched gambusia". Fishes of Texas. Retrieved 3 November 2019.