Big Bend gambusia
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Scientific classification 
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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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The Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei) is a rare species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. 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.
This livebearer is about 2 inches (5.1 cm) long. It feeds on aquatic invertebrates.
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 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.
References
- ^ NatureServe (2013). "Gambusia gaigei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T8890A18229201. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T8890A18229201.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ 32 FR 4001
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Gambusia gaigei" in FishBase. Aiugust 2019 version.
- ^ a b "Big Bend Gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)". Texas Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Gambusia gaigei". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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