| Specimen ID | 139688 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Xiphophorus |
| Species | variatus |
| Common Name | Variable Platyfish |
| State | CA |
| County | Riverside |
| Locality | Avenue 82 drainage ditch, between state route 86 and the Salton Sea, ~6.4 km east of Oasis |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Salton Sea |
| HUC8 Number | 18100204 |
| HUC10 Name | Arroyo Salada-Frontal Salton Sea |
| HUC10 Number | 1810020415 |
| HUC12 Name | Travertine Palms Wash-Frontal Salton Sea |
| HUC12 Number | 181002041507 |
| Map | |
| Collection Day | 24 |
| Collection Month | 12 |
| Collection Year | 1969 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | escaped captivity aquaculture |
| Status | extirpated |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 602 |
| Author: | St. Amant, J.A., and I. Sharp |
| Date: | 1971 |
| Title: | Addition of Xiphophorus variatus (Meek) to the California fauna. |
| Journal: | California Fish and Game |
| Volume: | 57 |
| Pages: | 128-129 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 274 |
| Author: | Shapovalov, L., A.J. Cordone, and W.A. Dill |
| Date: | 1981 |
| Title: | A list of freshwater and anadromous fishes of California. |
| Journal: | California Fish and Game |
| Volume: | 67 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 4-38 |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 20838 |
| Author: | Scripps Institution of Oceanography. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Title: | Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Marine Vertebrate Collection. |
| Publisher: | Scripps Institution of Oceanography. |
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| Comments | Escaped from a tropical fish farm adjacent to the ditch about 1956. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Disposal | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Museum Cat Number | SIO 70-58 |
| Verifier | Hubbs, C.L. |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 200 |
| Number Preserved | 12 |
