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   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

Akvarijske ribe - živorodke, kirwood, Gambusia affinis - gambuzija
Akvarijske ribe - živorodke, kirwood, Gambusia affinis - gambuzija

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

Akvarijske ribe - živorodke, kirwood, Gambusia affinis - gambuzija

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

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