MCZ Ichthyology 1340

Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard, 1853)

Date Collected:

1854-04-01/1854-04-30

North America: United States: Mississippi: Union | ROOT POND [=Tallahatchie River at Rocky Ford near Etta fide Penn, G. 1939. Am. Mid. Nat. 22(1):215.]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:1340 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard, 1853)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontoidei Poeciliidae
Common Name(s): Live-bearing tooth-carp; Mosquito fish; Mosquito-fish; Topminnow; guayacón mosquito; mosquitofish; western mosquitofish
Determiner: Stephen T. Ross
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Ross_Stephen/1993]
Previous Identifications
Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 (ex. Agassizi)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontoidei Poeciliidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: ]
Gambusia patruelis
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Cyprinodontiformes Cyprinodontoidei Poeciliidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: ]

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  • field number: BLCW:ROOT
  • group number: 347

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 25 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Mississippi
  • County:
  • Union
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • ROOT POND [=Tallahatchie River at Rocky Ford near Etta fide Penn, G. 1939. Am. Mid. Nat. 22(1):215.]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • ROOT POND [=Tallahatchie River at Rocky Ford near Etta fide Penn, G. 1939. Am. Mid. Nat. 22(1):215.]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Emended locality data from S.T. Ross 1994.
  • Georeference:
  • 34.4951990°, -89.013279° (Error radius: 1756m) By: Megan Roberson on 2013-06-18 (Source: unknown)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1854-04-01 / 1854-04-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/4/1854-0/4/1854
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • BLCW:ROOT
  • Collector:
  • Benjamin L. C. Wailes

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Media type: text; Ichthyology 1326; 1327; 1328; 1329; 1330; 1331; 1332; 1333; 1334; 1335; 1336; 1337; 1338; 1339; 1340; 1341; 1342; 1343; 1344; 1345; 1346; 1347; 1348; 1349; 1350 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 000001-006000, pg.54;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:1326 Gambusia holbrooki to MCZ:Ich:1350...

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