Gambusia
See also: gambusia
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Gambusia_punctata.png/220px-Gambusia_punctata.png)
Etymology
New Latin, from American Spanish gambusino (“prospector”) + -ia
Proper noun
Gambusia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poeciliidae – topminnows or gambusias, small freshwater fish that feed on mosquito larvae.
Hypernyms
- (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
- (genus): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - type species; for other species see Gambusia at Fishbase
Further reading
Gambusia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gambusia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Gambusia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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