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Gambusia dominicensis in Dominican Republic
Dominican gambusia

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Gambusia dominicensis   Regan, 1913
Family:	Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) , subfamily: Poeciliinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes  (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Dominican gambusia
Max. size:	2.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2906); 6 cm (female)
Environment:	benthopelagic; non-migratory
Climate:	tropical; 22 - 28°C
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Central America: Haiti and Dominican Republic. Distributed through the aquarium trade industry.
Biology:	Viviparous (Ref. 205). Introduced to billabongs and streams in the vicinity of Alice Springs during the 1940s and 1950s for the purpose of mosquito control. Some researchers place it in the genus Limia (Ref. 44894)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Lucinda, P.H.F.. 2003. (Ref. 50894)
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Dominican Republic country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Welcomme, R.L., 1988
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Distribution unknown. Has not been re-collected despite extensive collection (Ref. 13498). Also Ref. 1739.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/dr.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	ww.cep.unep.org/rep_dom/Rep_Dom.htm#SEA-PESQUERO
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Lee, D.S., S.P. Platania and G.H. Burgess, 1983
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	Note: No data are available if label is black .
Tools:	Biogeographic modelling | E-book | Field guide | Length-frequency Wizard | Life-history tool |
Internet sources:	BiOSC Point Data | CISTI | Google | GOBASE | GenBank ( genome, nucleotide ) | PubMed | Scirus | Tree of Life | Zoological Record
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	Modified:  Casal, Christine Marie V.	Entered:  Welcomme, Robin L.

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		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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