Eastern Mosquitofish
Dorsal, smaller
Murray Mallee Region
South Australian Tree Frog
Young
 
                      
Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Ray-finned Fish (Actinopterygii)
Order: Toothcarps (Cyprinodontiformes)
Family: Livebearer (Poeciliidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)
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Thank you (Meta4) for identifying and Fubberpish for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
fubberpish said "Yep, bloody things are everywhere, they're a massive problem. they're super hardy fish, produce massive amounts of young very quickly and only take a few months to reach breeding age, so they are able to multiply extremely rapidly and survive in just about any body of fresh water. they were deliberately introduced to eat mosquito larvae - except native Australian fish like the Empire Gudgeon are actually better at mosquito control than the Mosquitofish!"

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This species is classed as If (Foreign Introduction)