| Specimen ID | 42900 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | affinis |
| Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
| State | TN |
| Locality | state non-specific |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | State |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1939 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
| Status | collected |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 3 |
| Author: | Kuhne, E.R. |
| Date: | 1939 |
| Title: | A guide to the rishes of Tennessee and the Mid-south. |
| Publisher: | Tennessee Department of Conservation |
| Pages: | 124 pp |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 705 |
| Author: | Etnier, D.A., and W.C. Starnes. |
| Date: | 1993 |
| Title: | The fishes of Tennessee. |
| Publisher: | The University of Tennessee Press |
| Pages: | 681 pp |
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| Comments | West Tennessee may have been part of original range; but as of 1939 the city of Memphis had an ordinance that required mosquitofish in all backyard fish ponds. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
