Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Banyal, Harinder Singh & Kumar, Sanjeev, 2020, On the record of Ichthyofaunal diversity from Narayan Sarovar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kachchh, Gujarat, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (2), pp. 147-152 : 150

3. Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Mosquito fish

1853. Heterandria affinis Baird & Girard, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 6: 390.

2016. Gambusia affinis : Miesen et al., Bonn zool. Bull., 64 (2): 87

Material examined: V/3823, 02 ex., Ghodatad dam, Narayan Sarovar WLS, coll. S. Kumar & H. S. Banyal;

07.ix.2018.

Distinguishing characters: D I 7-9; A 8-10; P 13-14; V

6. Dorsal fin placed in central part of body in male, but in female equidistant amongst front edge of eye and tip of caudal fin. Scales large, 30 to 32 in lateral series. Strewn black spots generally present on body including a dark transverse bar across eye.

Distribution: South-eastern United States of America; introduced into Indian waters in 1928 from Italy for antimalarial work.

Remarks: Currently this species is extensively distributed in India.