#2167 · 🐟 fish
Eastern Mosquitofish
🇳🇱 Oostelijk Muskietenvisje ·Gambusia holbrooki
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what is it?
The eastern mosquitofish ( Gambusia holbrooki ) is a species of freshwater fish, closely related to the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis . It is a member of the family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. The eastern mosquitofish is native to the eastern and southern United States from Florida to Delaware and inland to Alabama and Tennessee, while the western mosquitofish has a larger distribution throughout the United States.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 17,423 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1859 (167 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Mosquitofish
- Nederlands
- Oostelijk Muskietenvisje
- scientific name
- Gambusia holbrooki
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- family
- Poeciliidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,234
- sightings worldwide
- 17,423
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1859 by Charles Frédéric Girard
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Poeciliidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 101204, Wikidata Q1930449, GBIF 2350570, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.