Eastern mosquitofish in a pond in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina, 2011
The eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) is a species of freshwater fish, closely related to the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis.[citation needed] 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 Pennsylvania and inland to Alabama and Tennessee, while the western mosquitofish has a larger distribution throughout the United States.[3]
^NatureServe (2013). "Gambusia holbrooki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T202394A18232445. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202394A18232445.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Gambusia holbrooki" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
^"Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) - Species Profile".
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