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Gambusia affinis
WESTERN MOSQUITOFISH
Natchez Trace Parkway
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Abundant

Scientific Name with Authority:		Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard, 1853)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		WESTERN MOSQUITOFISH
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:		AL: S5; MS: S5; TN: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 103 Vouchers, 2 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 Hatteras National Seashore
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	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:	9/25/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/7/2025 7:15:09 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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