Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5350 (1), pp. 1-62 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23B4C9BF-A1A4-4D27-8C30-E4A23DAD01AB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10563358
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B4C3C-2E3F-FFB4-FF42-FE38E035FD4B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
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Remarks: During the 1930s, Syria made considerable efforts to propagate Gambusia . Fish recognised as G. affinis in previous research; however, it became apparent that the species introduced to the Middle East was G. holbrooki ( Çiçek et al., 2022) . Similarly, this is believed to be the situation in Syria. Nonetheless, a comprehensive study should determine whether G. affinis is also extant in Syria.