270. Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859

Common name. Eastern mosquitofish

Taxonomy. Original description: Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859: 390 [Palatka, eastern Florida, (Palatka, eastern Florida and Charleston, South Carolina), USA; lectotype: ANSP 6976; lectotype selected by Huber (2019: 64)].

Revisions. Rauchenberger (1989: 3).

Illustrations. Esmaeili et al. (2017a: 93, fig. 39).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin and Ecoregions: All basins.

Status in Iran. [Exotic].—Mahi-e pashe khar.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).— Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).