Gambusia
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See also: gambusia
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from American Spanish gambusino (“prospector”) + -ia
Proper noun[edit]
Gambusia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – topminnows or gambusias, small freshwater fish that feed on mosquito larvae.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Percomorpha - series; Ovalentaria, Atherinomorpha - clades; Cyprinodontiformes - order; Cyprinodontoidei - suborder; Poeciliidae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Gambusia punctata - type species; for other species see Gambusia at Fishbase
Further reading[edit]
Gambusia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gambusia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Gambusia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gambusia at World Register of Marine Species
- Gambusia at Fishbase
- Gambusia on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Gambusia at Encyclopedia of Life
- Gambusia at National Center for Biotechnology Information