Gambusia aurata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Gambusiini
Genus: Gambusia
Species: Gambusia aurata

Name

Gambusia aurata Miller & Minckley, 1970

• Holotype: UMMZ 188736. Paratypes: ASU 36 (7), 68 (5), 501 (1), 515 (2), 519 (5), 521 (18), 741 (1), 756 (2); UMMZ 97544 (3), 97545 (1), 97546 (3), 186498 (93 or 94, 2 c&s), 188737 (1, allotype); USNM 212231 (19).
• Type locality: Lateral canal flowing north off main canal from Río Mante, southern Ciudad Mante, Río Tamesi basin, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Vernacular names

English: Golden gambusia

References

• Miller, R.R.; Minkley, W.L.; 1970: Gambusia aurata, a new species of poeciliid fish from northeastern Mexico. Southwestern naturalist 5(2): 249–259. Reference page. 

Links

• Gambusia aurata in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on January 6, 2015.
• Gambusia aurata in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Gambusia aurata – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).