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Gambusia affinis
mosquitofish
Tuzigoot National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard, 1853)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		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:		AZ: SNA
Evidence:		174 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 4 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	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
Vicksburg National Military Park	Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield


Last Modified Date:	6/7/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/3/2025 8:09:10 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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