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Mangrove Gambusia

Gambusia rhizophorae

Classification

The Mangrove gambusia (Gambusia rhizophorae) is a tropical poeciliid (live bearing) fish species with a restricted, disjunct range one in northwestern Cuba, the other in southeastern Florida. The Florida population has been recently listed as "biologically vulnerable" (vulnerable to extinction because of the taxon's biology or other indicators) by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Species description The Mangrove gambusia is a brackish fish, typically a resident of sheltered mangrove forests.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 130Cuba · 1