Eastern Mosquitofish
Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Teleostei |
| Order | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family | Poeciliidae |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from four counties in Florida.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Florida
Counties
- Florida
- Alachua, Jackson, Leon, Levy
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2013.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- SNA Not Applicable
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- NJ
- S3 Vulnerable
- New York
- SNA Not Applicable
- Maryland
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Florida
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- DE
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- Hobbs, H.H. Jr. & Means, D.B. 1972. Two new troglobitic crayfishes (Decapoda, Astacidae) from Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84: 393–410. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563471.
- Marshall, N. 1947. The spring run and cave habitats of Erimystax harperi (Fowler). Ecology 28: 68–75. doi:10.2307/1932919
- Walsh, S.J. 2001. Freshwater macrofauna of Florida karst habitats. Proceedings of the 2001 U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 01–4011: 78–88. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_talks/101/.
How to cite this account
Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2483. https://cavebiology.org/species/gambusia-holbrooki/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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