The western mosquitofish is a North American freshwater poeciliid fish, also known commonly, if ambiguously, as simply mosquitofish or by its generic name, Gambusia, or by the common name gambezi. Its sister species, the eastern mosquitofish is also referred to by these names.
Image: Mosquitofish
Image: Gambusia affinis male
Monument constructed in Sochi honouring the western mosquito fish for eradicating malaria in the region
The eastern mosquitofish 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 Pennsylvania and inland to Alabama and Tennessee, while the western mosquitofish has a larger distribution throughout the United States.
Image: Eastern Mosquito Fish JG Female
Image: Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 1935319880
Eastern mosquitofish in a pond in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina, 2011