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Poeciliidae
stippled gambusia
Gambusia sexradiata
Poeciliid Fish Reaching Three Point Eight Centimeters
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Smallstippled gambusia is a freshwater fish found around North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 3.8 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Genus
- Gambusia
- Maximum length
- 3.8 cm
- Distribution
- North America: Rio Nautla, northern Veracruz, Mexico, along the Atlantic slope of Campeche, Atlantic drainage of inland Mexico in the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas, presumably across the base of the Yucatan Peninsula to Quintana Roo, south to southern Belize (Moho river drainage). Also found in the Rio Usumacinta drainage in Guatemala, and in isolated islands in the Petén region.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Order
Family
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