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Etymology: Gambusia: Gambusia: From the Cuban term, Gambusino, which means "nothing", usually in the context of a joke or a farce. Fishing for gambusinos = when one catches nothing (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr John Edwards Holbrook (1794–1871) was a zoologist and herpetologist who has been described as ‘the Father of North American Herpetology’. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Girard.
Окружающая среда: среда / климатическая зона / пределы глубины / диапазон распространения
экология
; пресноводный; солоноватоводный донно-пелагический; pH range: 6.0 - 8.8; dH range: ? - 40; мигрирует в реке (Ref. 51243). Subtropical; 15°C - 35°C (Ref. 13371); 40°N - 31°N, 89°W - 74°W
Introduced worldwide in tropical and subtropical countries. North America: Atlantic and Gulf Slope drainages from New Jersey south to Alabama in USA (Ref. 5723). Established throughout southern Europe (Ref. 59043). Introduced for mosquito control, but had rare to non-existing effects on mosquitoes, and negative to perhaps neutral impact on native fishes (Ref. 12217).
Размер / Вес / Возраст
половая зрелость: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.7 cm TL самец/пол неопределен; (Ref. 59105); 8.0 cm TL (female); наибольший возраст (опубликованны данные): 1.00 годы (Ref. 126182)
Краткое описание
определительные ключи | морфология | морфометрия
колючие лучи спинного плавника (общее число) : 1; членистые (мягкие) лучи спинного плавника (общее число) : 7; колючие лучи анального плавника: 1; членистые (мягкие) лучи анального плавника: 9.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Adults occur in standing to slow-flowing water, mostly in vegetated ponds and lakes, backwaters and quiet pools of steams (Ref. 5723), typically seen shoaling at the edges (Ref. 44894). They also frequent brackish water (Ref. 5723). Adults feed on small terrestrial insects usually in the drift and amongst aquatic plants, actively selecting very small prey (Ref. 6154). Also observed to take in mosquito larvae (Ref. 41168). Introduced worldwide. Introductions to Europe have seriously threatened many endemic species (Ref. 59043). It is now widely accepted that their effect has been minimal and even may have exacerbated the problem due to their voracious appetite for natural invertebrate predators of mosquito larvae (Ref. 44894).
Matures at 4-6 weeks; 3 generations can be produced in one year. Gestation lasts 3-4 weeks. Brood may reach up to 354 young, but is generally around 40-60 (Ref. 1672, 59043).
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
Статус Красного Списка МСОП (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Угроза для людей
Potential pest (Ref. 12257)
Использование человеком
рыболовство: коммерческий; аквариум: коммерческий
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Индекс филогенетического разнообразия (ссылка 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01000 (0.00800 - 0.01250), b=3.19 (3.13 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
Трофический уровень (ссылка 69278) |
3.1 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies. |
устойчивость к внешним воздействиям (ссылка 120179) |
высокий, минимальное время удвоения популяции до 15 месяцев (tm<1; multiple spawning per year). |
Уязвимость рыбной ловли (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |
Категория цены (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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