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Overview
Distribution
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Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M. Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. DÃaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor and M.L. Warren Jr. 2008 Conservation status of imperiled North American freshwater and diadromous fishes. Fisheries 33(8):372-407. (Ref. 81264)
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
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Lucinda, P.H.F. 2003 Poeciliidae (Livebearers). p. 555-581. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brazil. (Ref. 50894)
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Type Information
Catalog Number: USNM 211263
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): R. Miller & R. Schultz
Year Collected: 1959
Locality: Mexico: Arroyo Del Azufre At Banos De Azufre, 10 km W. of Teapa, Tabasco. Elev. 150 m, Tabasco, Mexico, North America
- Paratype: Miller, R. R. 1975. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. No. 672: 19.
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
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Habitat and Ecology
- Freshwater
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Conservation
Conservation Status
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History
- 1994Rare(Groombridge 1994)
- 1990Rare(IUCN 1990)
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Threats
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Widemouth gambusia
The widemouth gambusia (Gambusia eurystoma) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of the order Cyprinodontiformes. It is native to Mexico.
This species reaches a maximum overall length of approximately 3.5 cm (1.4 in).
Little is known about G. eurystoma, but IUCN classifies it as Critically Endangered on the basis of a very small (less than 250 individuals) and rapidly falling population and a small, localized, and diminishing geographical distribution.
References
- Contreras-Balderas, S. & Almada-Villela, P. (1996). "Gambusia eurystoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/8889. Retrieved {{{downloaded}}}.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2004). "Gambusia eurystoma" in FishBase. October 2004 version.
- "Gambusia eurystoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=647297. Retrieved 12 December 2004.
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