Widemouth gambusia
| Widemouth gambusia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Gambusia |
| Species: | G. eurystoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Gambusia eurystoma R. R. Miller, 1975
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The widemouth gambusia (Gambusia eurystoma) is a
Teapa, Tabasco. The Baños del Azufre are sulfidic springs that contain high concentrations of toxic hydrogen sulfide (H
2S). This prevents most animals from living in them; the only other fish found in the toxic sections of Baños del Azufre is the sulphur molly (Poecilia sulphuraria).[3]
2S). This prevents most animals from living in them; the only other fish found in the toxic sections of Baños del Azufre is the sulphur molly (Poecilia sulphuraria).[3]
This species reaches a maximum overall length around 3.5 cm (1.4 in).[2]
Little is known about G. eurystoma, but the
IUCN classifies it as Critically Endangered on the basis of a very small (less than 250 individuals) and rapidly falling population and a small, localized, and diminishing geographical distribution.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2004). "Gambusia eurystoma" in FishBase. October 2004 version.
- ^ Tobler; Riesch; García de León; Schlupp; & Plath (2008). Two endemic and endangered fishes, Poecilia sulphuraria (Alvarez, 1948) and Gambusia eurystoma Miller, 1975 (Poeciliidae, Teleostei) as only survivors in a small sulphidic habitat. Journal of Fish Biology 72: 523–533.
- "Gambusia eurystoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 December 2004.