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Striped gambusia (Gambusia melapleura)
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Striped gambusia (Gambusia melapleura) specimen
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Poeciliidae

Striped gambusia

Gambusia melapleura

Vulnerable Poeciliid Fish of Central American Waters

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Striped gambusia is a freshwater fish from Central America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 3.4 cm.

Maximum length
3.4 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
Central America: known only from Jamaica.
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

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