Gambusia

See also: gambusia

Translingual

Gambusia punctata

Etymology

New Latin, from American Spanish gambusino (“prospector”) +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Gambusia f

1. 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): Gambusia punctata - 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
• Gambusia at World Register of Marine Species
• Gambusia at Fishbase
• Gambusia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gambusia at National Center for Biotechnology Information