MCZ Ichthyology 157067

Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard, 1853)

Date Collected:

1999-09-30

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Barnstable | Mashpee, cranberry bog next to tributary near the head of Quashnet River.

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:157067 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Ichthyology 157067 Aspect: gonopodim

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:157067 Gambusia affinis Aspect: gonopodim

Media type: image; Ichthyology 157067 Description: female;

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:157067 Gambusia affinis Description: female

Media type: image; Ichthyology 157067 Description: male; Aspect: lateral

(Media Record) (Related) (Full)

Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Ich:157067 Gambusia affinis Description: male

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: William L. Fink
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Fink_WL/1999]

  • None

  • field number: MDFW1999:0930
  • group number: 347

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 3 History
sex = female   determined by=Andrew D. Willistonlinked data icon   remark=1  
sex = male   determined by=Andrew D. Willistonlinked data icon   remark=2  

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
standard length 17-33 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • None

  • Several dozen collected in one sweep of net, several size classes present.

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Barnstable
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002165 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Mashpee, cranberry bog next to tributary near the head of Quashnet River.
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mashpee, cranberry bog next to tributary near the head of Quashnet River.
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: ]
  • Georeference:
  • 41.6263179°, -70.490255° (Error radius: 203m) By: Andrew D. Williston on 2007-01-03 (Source: N/A)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • dip net
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1999-09-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 30/9/1999-30/9/1999
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • MDFW1999:0930
  • Collectors:
  • Steve Hurley; Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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