Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina

Gambusia holbrooki - Eastern Mosquitofish

Family:
Poeciliidae

S Rank:
S5

G Rank:
G5

State Status:

US Status:

Comments:

Synonym:

Photo source: Fishes of North Carolina -- ncfishes.com

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County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.

83 Counties
County	Number of Records
Alamance	12
Anson	12
Beaufort	24
Bertie	34
Bladen	46
Brunswick	114
Buncombe	3
Burke	4
Cabarrus	27
Camden	5
Carteret	153
Caswell	9
Catawba	1
Chatham	63
Chowan	12
Cleveland	4
Columbus	119
Craven	71
Cumberland	15
Currituck	32
Dare	96
Davidson	16
Davie	8
Duplin	50
Durham	35
Edgecombe	25
Forsyth	9
Franklin	32
Gaston	7
Gates	9
Granville	46
Greene	26
Guilford	45
Halifax	32
Harnett	22
Henderson	2
Hertford	23
Hoke	10
Hyde	16
Iredell	11
Johnston	61
Jones	48
Lee	9
Lenoir	48
Lincoln	8
Madison	1
Martin	4
McDowell	3
Mecklenburg	32
Montgomery	13
Moore	34
Nash	27
New Hanover	49
Northampton	6
Onslow	38
Orange	36
Pamlico	18
Pasquotank	12
Pender	51
Perquimans	41
Person	10
Pitt	70
Randolph	12
Richmond	16
Robeson	63
Rockingham	6
Rowan	16
Rutherford	8
Sampson	48
Scotland	23
Stanly	17
Stokes	1
Surry	1
Tyrrell	12
Union	54
Vance	8
Wake	143
Warren	15
Washington	17
Wayne	43
Wilkes	1
Wilson	35
Yadkin	2

2,440 Records
County	Number of Records
Carteret	153
Wake	143
Columbus	119
Brunswick	114
Dare	96
Craven	71
Pitt	70
Robeson	63
Chatham	63
Johnston	61
Union	54
Pender	51
Duplin	50
New Hanover	49
Sampson	48
Lenoir	48
Jones	48
Bladen	46
Granville	46
Guilford	45
Wayne	43
Perquimans	41
Onslow	38
Orange	36
Wilson	35
Durham	35
Bertie	34
Moore	34
Halifax	32
Currituck	32
Mecklenburg	32
Franklin	32
Cabarrus	27
Nash	27
Greene	26
Edgecombe	25
Beaufort	24
Scotland	23
Hertford	23
Harnett	22
Pamlico	18
Washington	17
Stanly	17
Davidson	16
Hyde	16
Richmond	16
Rowan	16
Warren	15
Cumberland	15
Montgomery	13
Alamance	12
Randolph	12
Tyrrell	12
Anson	12
Chowan	12
Pasquotank	12
Iredell	11
Person	10
Hoke	10
Gates	9
Forsyth	9
Caswell	9
Lee	9
Rutherford	8
Lincoln	8
Vance	8
Davie	8
Gaston	7
Rockingham	6
Northampton	6
Camden	5
Martin	4
Cleveland	4
Burke	4
Buncombe	3
McDowell	3
Yadkin	2
Henderson	2
Madison	1
Stokes	1
Wilkes	1
Surry	1
Catawba	1

Basin Summary
Basin	Basin Status
1 Albemarle	X - Native species
2 Broad	X - Native species
3 Chowan	X - Native species
4 Cape Fear	X - Native species
5 Catawba	X - Native species
6 French Broad	I - Native species, but introduced into this basin
7 Lumber	X - Native species
8 Neuse	X - Native species
9 Roanoke	X - Native species
10 Shallotte	X - Native species
11 Tar	X - Native species
12 Waccamaw	X - Native species
13 While Oak	X - Native species
14 Yadkin	X - Native species