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Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859

Eastern mosquitofish
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France country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Atlantic coast of France north to Loire estuary (Rf. 59043). The first importations were in Montpellier at the end of 1927. Present in the Mediterranean region, from the Italian border to the Spanish border. On the Atlantic side, it exists in several ponds and coastal rivers (Ref. 2196).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Spillman, C.-J., 1961
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Holbrook’s mosquitofish, Eastern gambusia, Eastern mosquito fish, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Poeciliinae
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).
  More on author: Girard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

; sötvatten; brackvatten bentopelagisk; pH range: 6.0 - 8.8; dH range: ? - 40; flodvandrande (Ref. 51243).   Subtropical; 15°C - 35°C (Ref. 13371); 40°N - 31°N, 89°W - 74°W

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