Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Class Actinopterygii > Order Cyprinodontiformes > Suborder Cyprinodontoidei > Family Poeciliidae > Subfamily Poeciliinae > Genus Gambusia > Species Gambusia affinis
My image of Gambusia affinis, taken May 4, 2023 on the Tickfaw River, LA, USA
FACT: The reason for the insanely invasive nature of this species - eating mosquito larva - actually only makes up a minute portion of their diet; they mostly eat algae.
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