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Big Bend gambusia
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The Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei) is a rare species of fish in the family Poeciliidae.[4] It is endemic to the Big Bend region of the Rio Grande of the United States and Mexico. The only known remaining population is in a protected pond in the Big Bend National Park.[5]
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Big Bend gambusia | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Genus: | Gambusia |
Species: | G. gaigei |
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Gambusia gaigei C. L. Hubbs, 1929 | |
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This livebearer is about 2 inches (5.1 cm) long. It feeds on aquatic invertebrates.[5]
This species was described by the American ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs in 1929 from a type collected in slough close to the Rio Grande at Boquillas, Brewster County, Texas[6] by Frederick McMahon Gaige (1890–1976), a zoologist who was director of the Zoological Museum of the University of Michigan. The specific name honours Gaige.[7]