Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Usually found in springs entering large brackish and salt water lakes.
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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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Distribution
Central America: Haiti and Dominican Republic.
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Lee, D.S., S.P. Platania and G.H. Burgess 1983 Atlas of North American freshwater fishes, 1983 supplement. Occasional Papers of the North Carolina Biological Survey no. 1983-6. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, N.C. 67 p. (Ref. 13498)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13498&speccode=27638
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
3.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 13498)); 5.18 cm SL (female)
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Lee, D.S., S.P. Platania and G.H. Burgess 1983 Atlas of North American freshwater fishes, 1983 supplement. Occasional Papers of the North Carolina Biological Survey no. 1983-6. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, N.C. 67 p. (Ref. 13498)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13498&speccode=27638
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Type Information
Paratype for Gambusia hispaniolae Fink
Catalog Number: USNM 204867
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Glycerine With Cartilage Stain
Collector(s): L. Rivas, L. Bonnefil & S. Lin
Year Collected: 1951
Locality: Haiti, Source Trou-Caiman, Cul De Sac Plain, Dept. De L'Quest, Hispaniola, Haiti, Greater Antilles, North America
Catalog Number: USNM 204867
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Glycerine With Cartilage Stain
Collector(s): L. Rivas, L. Bonnefil & S. Lin
Year Collected: 1951
Locality: Haiti, Source Trou-Caiman, Cul De Sac Plain, Dept. De L'Quest, Hispaniola, Haiti, Greater Antilles, North America
- Paratype: Fink, W. L. 1971. Publication of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Museum. 2: 57-61.
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Allotype for Gambusia hispaniolae Fink
Catalog Number: USNM 204866
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Rivas, L. Bonnefil & S. Lin
Year Collected: 1951
Locality: Haiti, Source Trou-Caiman, Cul De Sac Plain, Dept. De L'Quest, Hispaniola, Haiti, Greater Antilles, North America
Catalog Number: USNM 204866
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Rivas, L. Bonnefil & S. Lin
Year Collected: 1951
Locality: Haiti, Source Trou-Caiman, Cul De Sac Plain, Dept. De L'Quest, Hispaniola, Haiti, Greater Antilles, North America
- Allotype: Fink, W. L. 1971. Publication of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Museum. 2: 57-61.
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Holotype for Gambusia hispaniolae Fink
Catalog Number: USNM 204865
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Rivas, L. Bonnefil & S. Lin
Year Collected: 1951
Locality: Haiti, Source Trou-Caiman, Cul De Sac Plain, Dept. De L'Quest, Hispaniola, Haiti, Greater Antilles, North America
Catalog Number: USNM 204865
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): L. Rivas, L. Bonnefil & S. Lin
Year Collected: 1951
Locality: Haiti, Source Trou-Caiman, Cul De Sac Plain, Dept. De L'Quest, Hispaniola, Haiti, Greater Antilles, North America
- Holotype: Fink, W. L. 1971. Publication of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Museum. 2: 57-61.
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
benthopelagic; non-migratory; freshwater; pH range: 7.0 - 8.0; dH range: 10 - 30
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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