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Species profile—Gambusia holbrooki (mosquitofish)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Poeciliidae (livebearers) → Gambusia holbrooki (mosquitofish)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Family
Poeciliidae (livebearers)
Scientific name
Gambusia holbrooki (Girard, 1859)
Common name
mosquitofish
WildNet taxon ID
27055
Synonym(s)
Gambusia affinis
Alternate name(s)
bore-drain fish
top minnow
plague minnow
eastern gambusia
gambusia
Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
Restricted Matter
Conservation significant
No
Wetland status
Wetland Dependant Species
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Feral Animal
Species environment
Aquatic

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27055.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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