Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina
Gambusia holbrooki - Eastern Mosquitofish
Members of Gambusia
Family:
Poeciliidae
S Rank:
S5
G Rank:
G5
State Status:
US Status: Comments:
Photo source: Fishes of North Carolina -- ncfishes.comGBIF Global Distribution   iNaturalist
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
                    
83 Counties
CountyNumber of Records
Alamance12
Anson12
Beaufort24
Bertie34
Bladen46
Brunswick114
Buncombe3
Burke4
Cabarrus27
Camden5
Carteret153
Caswell9
Catawba1
Chatham63
Chowan12
Cleveland4
Columbus119
Craven71
Cumberland15
Currituck32
Dare96
Davidson16
Davie8
Duplin50
Durham35
Edgecombe25
Forsyth9
Franklin32
Gaston7
Gates9
Granville46
Greene26
Guilford45
Halifax32
Harnett22
Henderson2
Hertford23
Hoke10
Hyde16
Iredell11
Johnston61
Jones48
Lee9
Lenoir48
Lincoln8
Madison1
Martin4
McDowell3
Mecklenburg32
Montgomery13
Moore34
Nash27
New Hanover49
Northampton6
Onslow38
Orange36
Pamlico18
Pasquotank12
Pender51
Perquimans41
Person10
Pitt70
Randolph12
Richmond16
Robeson63
Rockingham6
Rowan16
Rutherford8
Sampson48
Scotland23
Stanly17
Stokes1
Surry1
Tyrrell12
Union54
Vance8
Wake143
Warren15
Washington17
Wayne43
Wilkes1
Wilson35
Yadkin2
  2,440 Records
CountyNumber of Records
Carteret153
Wake143
Columbus119
Brunswick114
Dare96
Craven71
Pitt70
Robeson63
Chatham63
Johnston61
Union54
Pender51
Duplin50
New Hanover49
Sampson48
Lenoir48
Jones48
Bladen46
Granville46
Guilford45
Wayne43
Perquimans41
Onslow38
Orange36
Wilson35
Durham35
Bertie34
Moore34
Halifax32
Currituck32
Mecklenburg32
Franklin32
Cabarrus27
Nash27
Greene26
Edgecombe25
Beaufort24
Scotland23
Hertford23
Harnett22
Pamlico18
Washington17
Stanly17
Davidson16
Hyde16
Richmond16
Rowan16
Warren15
Cumberland15
Montgomery13
Alamance12
Randolph12
Tyrrell12
Anson12
Chowan12
Pasquotank12
Iredell11
Person10
Hoke10
Gates9
Forsyth9
Caswell9
Lee9
Rutherford8
Lincoln8
Vance8
Davie8
Gaston7
Rockingham6
Northampton6
Camden5
Martin4
Cleveland4
Burke4
Buncombe3
McDowell3
Yadkin2
Henderson2
Madison1
Stokes1
Wilkes1
Surry1
Catawba1
  Basin Summary
BasinBasin Status
1 AlbemarleX - Native species
2 BroadX - Native species
3 ChowanX - Native species
4 Cape FearX - Native species
5 CatawbaX - Native species
6 French BroadI - Native species, but introduced into this basin
7 LumberX - Native species
8 NeuseX - Native species
9 RoanokeX - Native species
10 ShallotteX - Native species
11 TarX - Native species
12 WaccamawX - Native species
13 While OakX - Native species
14 YadkinX - Native species