| Specimen ID | 160064 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | affinis |
| Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
| State | NE |
| Locality | state non-specific |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | State |
| HUC8 Name | Missouri Region |
| HUC8 Number | 10000000 |
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| Collection Month | 5 |
| Collection Year | 2004 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 14005 |
| Author: | Stephen, B.J. |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Title: | The mosquitofish problem. |
| Journal: | Nebraska Land |
| Volume: | 82 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 36-37 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 1411 |
| Author: | Lynch, J.D. |
| Date: | 1988 |
| Title: | Introduction, establishment, and dispersal of western mosquitofish in Nebraska (Actinopterygii:Poeciliidae). |
| Journal: | Prarie Naturalist |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 203-216 |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 128 |
| Author: | Rees, D.M. |
| Date: | 1934 |
| Title: | Notes on mosquito fish in Utah, Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard). |
| Journal: | Copeia |
| Volume: | 1945 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 236 |
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| Comments | widely introduced. Lynch 1988 reports stock for original introductions of western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in Nebraska were obtained from Provo, UT; which are descendent's of G. affinis from Shelby County, TN. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Specimen Impact | Aggressive fish, prey on fish eggs and smaller fish. Implicated in the decline of several fish in the American West. |
