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Gambusia affinis
mosquitofish, western mosquitofish
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Probably Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard, 1853)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Cyprinodontiformes, Suborder Cyprinodontoidei, Family Poeciliidae, Genus Gambusia, Species Gambusia affinis


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		50
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
American Memorial Park	Amistad National Recreation Area
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Bandelier National Monument
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Thicket National Preserve	Canaveral National Seashore
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Congaree National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Carver National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Hot Springs National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Mammoth Cave National Park	Mojave National Preserve
Natchez Trace Parkway	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Parashant National Monument	Pea Ridge National Military Park
Pinnacles National Park	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Shiloh National Military Park	Stones River National Battlefield
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Tumacacori National Historical Park	Tuzigoot National Monument
Vicksburg National Military Park	Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield


Last Modified Date:	9/10/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/7/2025 5:45:29 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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