The year was 1957 A.D., and the three diminutive fish, presumably christened by one of the biologists who cared for them, were given a monumental task: to save their species. Salvation was by no means ...

Species being proposed for delisting include the ivory-billed woodpecker, Bachman’s warbler, Scioto madtom, San Marcos gambusia, eight species of Southeastern freshwater mussels, eight birds and a ...

Family: Poeciliidae Etymology: Gambusia comes from a Cuban work "Gambusino" which ... possibly including native fauna. They are a livebearing species and are highly prolific. You can find these fishes ...

San Marcos gambusia: The San Marcos gambusia was a 1-inch-long fish that ate small invertebrates and gave birth to live young instead of laying eggs like many species of fish. It lived in clear spring ...