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 |
Map | |
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. |