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{{Taxobox
| image = Tex-Mex gambusia.jpg
| color = pink
| status = LC
| name = ''Gambusia speciosa''
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| image =
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Valdes Gonzales, A. |author2=NatureServe |date=2019 |title=''Gambusia speciosa'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T8899A129984386 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T8899A129984386.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
| status = DD
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| status2 = G3
| status2_system = TNC
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| status2_ref = <ref name = NS>{{cite web | url = http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Gambusia%20speciosa| title = ''Gambusia speciosa'' - Girard, 1859 | access-date = 3 November 2019 | website = NatureServe Explorer}}</ref>
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
| taxon = Gambusia speciosa
| ordo = [[Cyprinodontiformes]]
| authority = [[Charles Frédéric Girard|Girard]], 1859
| familia = [[Poeciliidae]]
| synonyms =
| genus = ''[[Gambusia]]''
}}
| species = '''''G. speciosa'''''
| binomial = ''Gambusia speciosa''
| binomial_authority = [[Charles Frédéric Girard|Girard]], 1859
| synonyms = }}
'''''Gambusia speciosa''''' is a species of [[fish]] in the [[Poeciliidae]] family. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[United States]]. [[Category:Fauna of the United States]]


'''''Gambusia speciosa''''', the '''Tex-Mex gambusia''', is a species of [[fish]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Poeciliidae]] which is found in the United States and Mexico.<ref name = Fishbase>{{Fishbase|Gambusia|speciosa|month=August|year=2019}}</ref> In Mexico its range covers the states of [[Chihuahua State|Chihuahua]], [[Coahuila]], [[Nuevo León]] and [[Tamaulipas]] while in the United States it is found in [[New Mexico]] and [[Texas]].<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /> In Texas it is restricted to the [[Devils River (Texas)|Devils River]] and its tributaries in [[Val Verde County, Texas|Val Verde County]].<ref name = texasfishes>{{Cite web | url = http://txstate.fishesoftexas.org/gambusia%20speciosa.htm | title = Gambusia speciosa Tex-Mex gambusia | accessdate=3 November 2019 | website = Fishes of Texas}}</ref> The habitat of the Tex-Mex gambusia includes springs, outflow channels, marshes and the margins of small to medium-sized streams.<ref name = NS/> This species was [[Species description|described]] by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1859 with the [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as the [[Río San Diego]], near [[Cadereita]] in Nuevo León.<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|spid=13763|title=''Gambusia speciosa''|access-date=3 November 2019}}</ref>
==Source==
* Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/8899/all Gambusia speciosa]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on [[04 August]] [[2007]].


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Gambusia speciosa

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Gambusia
Species:
G. speciosa
Binomial name
Gambusia speciosa
Girard, 1859

Gambusia speciosa, the Tex-Mex gambusia, is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae which is found in the United States and Mexico.[3] In Mexico its range covers the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas while in the United States it is found in New Mexico and Texas.[1] In Texas it is restricted to the Devils River and its tributaries in Val Verde County.[4] The habitat of the Tex-Mex gambusia includes springs, outflow channels, marshes and the margins of small to medium-sized streams.[2] This species was described by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1859 with the type locality given as the Río San Diego, near Cadereita in Nuevo León.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Valdes Gonzales, A.; NatureServe (2019). "Gambusia speciosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T8899A129984386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T8899A129984386.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Gambusia speciosa - Girard, 1859". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gambusia speciosa". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  4. ^ "Gambusia speciosa Tex-Mex gambusia". Fishes of Texas. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Gambusia speciosa". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2019.