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Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)
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Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei) specimen
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Poeciliidae

Big Bend gambusia

Gambusia gaigei

Poeciliid Fish beneath North American Waters

  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Restricted distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • North America
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Big Bend gambusia is a freshwater fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 5.4 cm.

Maximum length
5.4 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
North America: formerly found in Boquillas and Graham Ranch springs, Brewster County in Texas; now restricted to an artificial spring-fed pond in Big Bend National Park in Texas, USA.
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

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