Poeciliidae

eastern mosquitofish

Gambusia holbrooki

Poeciliid Fish beneath the Atlantic Ocean

• Cross-climate
• Subtropical
• Tropical
• Northern Hemisphere
• Globally widespread
• Atlantic Ocean
• Europe
• North America
• Fusiform
• Small
• Tropical fish

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 New Jersey and inland to Alabama and Tennessee, while the western mosquitofish has a larger distribution throughout the United States.