WoRMS taxon details
Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859
276134 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276134)
accepted
Species
Gambusia affinis holbrocki (Girard, 1859) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gambusia affinis holbrooki (Girard, 1859) · unaccepted
Gambusia holbrocki Girard, 1859 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gambusia holbrookii Girard, 1859 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gambusia patruelis holbrooki (Girard, 1859) · unaccepted
Heterandria holbrooki (Girard, 1859) · unaccepted
Schizophallus holbrooki (Girard, 1859) · unaccepted
Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan & Brayton, 1878 · unaccepted
Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 56-68. ;v. 11:91. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276134 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Girard, C. F. (1859). Ichthyological notices. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 11: 56-68. ;v. 11:91. [details]
original description (of Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan & Brayton, 1878) Jordan, D. S.; Brayton, A. W. (1878). Contributions to North American ichthyology. No. 3. A. On the distribution of the fishes of the Alleghany region of South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, with descriptions of new or little known species. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 12: 3-95. [details]
original description (of Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan & Brayton, 1878) Jordan, D. S.; Brayton, A. W. (1878). Contributions to North American ichthyology. No. 3. A. On the distribution of the fishes of the Alleghany region of South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, with descriptions of new or little known species. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 12: 3-95. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) : Consumes native species (predator or herbivore) [details]Introduced species impact in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) : Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) : Individual release: accidental release by individuals (e.g. aquarium discards) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | peshku i mushkonjavebarkuleci | [details] |
| English | eastern mosquitofish | [details] |
| Russian | Гамбузия хольбрукская | [details] |
| Turkish | sivrisinek baligi | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Гамбузія хольбрукська | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (173 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gambusia patruelis holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gambusia holbrocki Girard, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Gambusia affinis holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Gambusia holbrookii Girard, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan & Brayton, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Heterandria holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gambusia holbrooki)
To Fishbase (from synonym Heterandria holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Schizophallus holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan & Brayton, 1878)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gambusia holbrocki Girard, 1859)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gambusia holbrookii Girard, 1859)
To FishBase images (Gambusia holbrooki, Spain, by Delgado Saez, J.A.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (411 nucleotides; 404 proteins)
To GenBank (411 nucleotides; 404 proteins) (from synonym Gambusia affinis holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gambusia patruelis holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gambusia holbrocki Girard, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Gambusia affinis holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Gambusia holbrookii Girard, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan & Brayton, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Heterandria holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gambusia holbrooki)
To Fishbase (from synonym Heterandria holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Schizophallus holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To Fishbase (from synonym Zygonectes atrilatus Jordan & Brayton, 1878)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gambusia holbrocki Girard, 1859)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gambusia holbrookii Girard, 1859)
To FishBase images (Gambusia holbrooki, Spain, by Delgado Saez, J.A.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (411 nucleotides; 404 proteins)
To GenBank (411 nucleotides; 404 proteins) (from synonym Gambusia affinis holbrooki (Girard, 1859))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
