Basic data:
Scientific name: Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
Slovenian name: Gambuzija
Group: Livebirds
Origin: Originating from North and Central America : Mississippi River, Colorado, Lake Waccamaw, Mexico.
Size: Males: 4 cm, females: 7 cm
Biotope / habitat : Likes stagnant to slow-flowing water, stays in flocks on the surface among floating plants.
Social behavior: It is best to have it in your aquarium and even then they have disagreements with each other
Diet: Omnivore (worms, insects, insect larvae, crustaceans, flakes, algae, dry food, ...)
Cultivation: Easy
Aquarium: Minimum 50 liters
Population: steam in 50 liters of water
Decoration: Plants, roots and stones
Temperature: 18-27 ° C
pH: 6-8
Hardness: from 5 ° dGh to 25 ° dGh
Lifespan: two years
Synonyms
Kingdom: Animalia / animals
Trunk: Chordata / string players
Class: Actinopterygii / arthropods
Order: Cyprinodontiformes / Toothpicks
Family: Poeciliidae / live-bearing toothed carp
Genus: Gambusia
Species: Gambusia affinis
(Baird & Girard, 1853)
Gambusia affinis Gambusia
Heterandria affinis / Baird & Girard, 1853
Gambusia affinis affinis / Baird & Girard, 1853
Heterandria patruelis / Baird & Girard, 1853
Gambusia patruelis / Baird & Girard, 1853
Zygonectes patruelis / Baird & Girard, 1853
Gambusia affinis katruelis / Baird & Girard, 1853
Gambusia gracilis / Girard, 1859
Zygonectes gracilis / Girard, 1859
Gambusia humilis / Günther, 1866
Haplochilus melanops / Cope, 1870
Zygonectes brachypterus / Cope, 1880
Zygonectes inurus / Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Fundulus inurus / Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
Cultivation
We grow gambusia in our aquarium because it is not exactly tolerant of other fish in the aquarium. Fish flock.
The aquarium is prepared from fine gravel and lush vegetation, on the surface of floating plants.
Gambusia does not like strong water flow, otherwise very tolerant fish in terms of parameters.
Food
It is an omnivore, little by little it is best not to forget the source of plant foods.
Coloration
Its back is brown / gray / green, the gill covers are light blue, behind the gills is short light blue line. Belly is silver. The black line runs vertically across both eyes. The dorsal fin and tail are transparent with a black border, with many black dots.
Reproduction
Males are tireless in courting and so let’s have three to five females per male.
The female grows after 30 days up to 100 pups, the number of pups determines the size and age of the female.
We feed the young with nauplii artemia and microvessels.
They reach sexual maturity between six and twelve months of age.
Interesting
Gambusia has been relied on in more parts of the world as a mosquito repellent and so today it inhabits virtually the entire world.
An adult female can eat 100 or more mosquito larvae daily.
An example of the habitat of a species
