Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859

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Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 – Non-native ( Fig. 493 )

Gambusia holbrooki Girard [C. F.] (ex Agassiz) 1859: 62; Type locality: Palatka, eastern Florida, [Palatka, eastern Florida and Charleston, South Carolina], U.S.A. Lectotype: ANSP 6976. Paralectotypes: ANSP 6977 (1) Palatka, MCZ 35999 [ex USNM 8301] (5) Charleston, USNM 8301 (45).

Haplochilus melanops Cope [E. D.] 1870: 457; Type locality: Neuse River basin, Wake County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Syntypes: ANSP 7143 (17).

Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan [D. S.] & Brayton [A. W.] 1878: 84; Type locality: Neuse River near Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.A. Syntypes: BMNH 1880.1.21.48 (1), USNM 23464 (1).

Gambusia modesta Ahl [E.] 1923: 220; Type locality: Mexico [erroneous]. Syntypes: ZMB 21004 (8).

Gambusia myersi Ahl [E.] 1925: 42; Type locality: Mexico [erroneous]. Syntypes: ZMB 21004 (8).

Common name: Pr: Gambusia, En : Eastern mosquitofish.

Diagnosis: Males are easily recognized by the anal fin rays 3–5 being specially modified into an elongate gonopodium for intermittent fertilization. Also distinguished from G. affinis by 8 dorsal and 11 anal total fin rays (vs. 7 dorsal and 10 anal total fin rays).

Meristic characters: D: 5–9 (7), A: 7–11 (10), P: 11–14, V: 5–8, LL: 26–33, GR:?, TV: 28–34.

Distribution: Introduced widely elsewhere, found in all basins of Iran.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern (Native population, NatureServe 2013b), PC: Non-native, Not Applicable.

Figures

Fig. 493. Gambusia holbrooki (above: male, below: female). Photograph from Abbas Abad Lake, Caspian Sea basin.