Gambusia dominicensis
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aquarium: commercial
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The Dominican gambusia (Gambusia dominicensis) is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. It is native to two lakes on the island of Hispaniola: Lake Enriquillo in the Dominican Republic and Lake Azuei in Haiti.[1] Spread through the aquarium trade, it is an invasive species in some parts of the world.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Snoeks, J., Laleye, P. & Contreras-MacBeath, T. (2007). "Gambusia dominicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Gambusia dominicensis" in FishBase. May 2008 version.
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Viviparous (Ref. 205). Introduced to billabongs and streams in the vicinity of Alice Springs during the 1940s and 1950s for the purpose of mosquito control. Some researchers place it in the genus Limia (Ref. 44894).
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This species' native range is Lac Azuei in Haiti (111.6 km) and Lago Enriquillo (259.5 km) in the Dominican Republic.
It has been distributed around the world by the aquarium fish trade, but has so far only been recorded only in the Northern Territory, Australia. It was apparently introduced to billabongs and streams in the vicinity of Alice Springs in the 1940s and 50s for the purpose of mosquito control (Duguid et al. 2002, Allen et al. 2002), but is not yet established (Bomford and Glover 2004).
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Central America: Haiti and Dominican Republic. Distributed through the aquarium trade industry.
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Dominican Republic and Haiti, introduced elsewhere.
Maximum size: 25 mm ---
2.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2906)); 6 cm (female)
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Habitat and Ecology
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- Freshwater
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benthopelagic; non-migratory; freshwater; brackish
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