Scientific Name	Gambusia affinis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Baird & Girard, 1853)	Depth	0 - 1M
Chinese	食蚊魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	花鱂科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F266　Poeciliidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	食蚊魚
Max Length	4 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	大肚仔、胎鱂、大肚魚
Distribution in World	North America	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、South West、North、North East、PonFu、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.
Habitats	Estuary、Fresh Water	Holotype Locality	Rio Medina and Rio Salado, Texas, U.S.A.
Synonyms	Fundulus inurus, Gambusia affinis affinis, Gambusia affinis katruelis, Gambusia gracilis, Gambusia humilis, Gambusia patruelis, Haplochilus melanops, Heterandria affinis, Heterandria patruelis, Zygonectes brachypterus, Zygonectes gracilis, Zygonectes inurus, Zygonectes patruelis ...all 13..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；臺灣淡水及河口魚類誌(陳及方, 1999)  Baird, S. F. etc. 1853 Chen, T. R. etc. 1968 Otto, R.G. 1973 Al-Daham, N.K. etc. 1977 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 陳義雄,方力行 1999 Jawad, L.A. etc. 2000 Lola T. Dees ?
Specimen List	ASIZP0058498. ASIZP0058499. ASIZP0062080. ASIZP0072736. ASIZP0072737. ASIZP0074820. ASIZP0805419. ASIZP0805420. ASIZP0915419. ASIZP0915420. FRIP00448. NMMBP01960. NMMBP01964. NMMBP01982. NMMBP02069. NMMBP02596. NMMBP05925. NMMBP05932. NMMSTP00667. NMNSF00045. NMNSF00052. NMNSF00146. NMNSF00147. NMNSF00159. NMNSF00925. NMNSF00955. NTMP0409. NTMP0872. NTMP1448. NTOUP201005-240. NTOUP201005-248. NTOUP201005-252. NTOUP201006-386. NTOUP201006-390. NTOUP201202-254. NTOUP201202-288. SU23152. ...List all 43 records...
Barcode	2012-10-15,張家豪,CO1,100% 2012-10-15,張家豪,CO1,100%
Common Name	Mosquitofish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Head moderately large, broad and horizontal dorsally. Snout short. Eye large, on side of head. Mouth protractile, oblique; posterior of jaw distant from anterior margin of eye. Body elongated, slightly cylindrical and posterior laterally compressed; dorsal profile horizontal, ventral profile arched to end of anal fin. Scales large; longitudinal scales：29-32; predorsal scales：16-17. Dorsal soft rays：7-9; pectoral soft rays：12; pelvic soft rays：6; anal soft rays：8-10 (female). Dorsal fin far behind snout, postdorsal length about two times the length of dorsal fin base; pectoral fins reach pelvic fins; dorsal fin origin slightly behind pelvic fin origin; pelvic fin origin close to middle between snout tip and caudal peduncle end; anal fin rounded. Brownish or grayish, slightly transparent; darker dorsally and grayish white ventrally.
habitats	Prefers standing to slow running water, can be found in ponds, paddy fields and slow moving reaches of river, especially vegetated environments. Highly tolerant to low dissolved oxygen and pollution in water. The third, forth and fifth anal fin rays of ma
Distribution	Northern and Central America. Introduced to Taiwan in 1913, can be found in whole island of Taiwan.
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