Specimen Information

Xiphophorus hellerii
Xiphophorus hellerii
(Green Swordtail)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID46899
GroupFishes
GenusXiphophorus
Specieshellerii
Common NameGreen Swordtail
StateWY
CountyTeton
LocalityKelly Warm Spring, 1.6 km NNE of Kelly in Grand Teton National Park
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSnake Headwaters
HUC8 Number17040101
HUC10 NameSpread Creek-Snake River
HUC10 Number1704010106
HUC12 NameDitch Creek
HUC12 Number170401010608
Map
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Collection Day23
Collection Month7
Collection Year1984
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statuslocally established
Reference 1
Ref. Number:467
Author:Courtenay, W.R., Jr., C.R. Robins, R.M. Bailey, and J.E. Deacon
Date:1987
Title:Records of exotic fishes from Idaho and Wyoming.
Journal:Great Basin Naturalist
Volume:47
Issue:4
Pages:523-546
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalFAU/formalin
Museum Cat NumberFAU-WRC-WY-1
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected203
Size15-68 mm SL


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