Mosquitofish

Family Poeciliidae – Livebearers; Scientific name: Gambusia holbrooki; Common name: Mosquitofish, or Mosquito Fish; Alternative Common name: Gambusia – Distribution in Australia: widespread throughout Victoria, New South Wales, eastern South Australia, coastal drainages of eastern Queensland, South-west of Western Australia and parts of the northern Northern Territory – AN INTRODUCED SPECIES native to Central and North America; introduced for botched biological control of mosquito larvae.