Lexic.us

Definition of Gambusia affinis

1. Noun. Silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambusia Affinis

Literary usage of Gambusia affinis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report (1921)
"Fighting Mosquitoes With Fish The outstanding feature of the experiment in Hinds county was the use of the top minnow (Gambusia affinis} as principal agent ..."

2. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Gambusia affinis. Male. The top minnow is found along the coast from Delaware to Mexico ami reaches inland as far as Illinois. ..."

3. Mosquitoes: How They Live; how They Carry Disease; how They are Classified by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"Top-minnow (Gambusia affinis); male above ; female below; somewhat enlarged. (After Jordan and Evermann.) mutilate aquatic plants or lay their eggs in the ..."

4. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Distribution of introduced species, mosquitofish Gambusia affinis and tiger ... Minckley (1973) mapped mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) at only three ..."

5. The Freshwater Aquarium and Its Inhabitants: Guide for the Amateur Aquarist by Otto Eggeling, Frederick Ehrenberg (1912)
"... Gambusia affinis. ter known. It is one of the oddest of our aquarium fishes, not only on account of its coloring, and the difference between the sexes, ..."

6. Annual Report (1921)
"Fighting Mosquitoes With Fish The outstanding feature of the experiment in Hinds county was the use of the top minnow (Gambusia affinis} as principal agent ..."

7. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Gambusia affinis. Male. The top minnow is found along the coast from Delaware to Mexico ami reaches inland as far as Illinois. ..."

8. Mosquitoes: How They Live; how They Carry Disease; how They are Classified by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"Top-minnow (Gambusia affinis); male above ; female below; somewhat enlarged. (After Jordan and Evermann.) mutilate aquatic plants or lay their eggs in the ..."

9. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Distribution of introduced species, mosquitofish Gambusia affinis and tiger ... Minckley (1973) mapped mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) at only three ..."

10. The Freshwater Aquarium and Its Inhabitants: Guide for the Amateur Aquarist by Otto Eggeling, Frederick Ehrenberg (1912)
"... Gambusia affinis. ter known. It is one of the oddest of our aquarium fishes, not only on account of its coloring, and the difference between the sexes, ..."

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