Specimen Information

Lucania parva
Lucania parva
(Rainwater Killifish)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID162751
GroupFishes
GenusLucania
Speciesparva
Common NameRainwater Killifish
StateOR
CountyLincoln
LocalityYaquina Bay [Newport, OR]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSiletz-Yaquina
HUC8 Number17100204
HUC10 NameLower Yaquina River
HUC10 Number1710020403
HUC12 NamePoole Slough-Yaquina River
HUC12 Number171002040303
Map
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Collection Year1958
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water | hitch hiker with oysters
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:857
Author:Carlton, J.T.
Date:1985
Title:Transoceanic and interoceanic dispersal of coastal marine organisms: the biology of ballast water
Journal:Oceanography and Marine Biology: Annual Review
Volume:1985
Issue:23
Pages:313-371
Reference 2
Ref. Number:13708
Author:Wydoski, R.S., and R.R. Whitney.
Date:2003
Title:Inland Fishes of Washington. Second Edition.
Publisher:American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle.
Pages:322 pp
CommentsPossibly introduced with oyster stock.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordnation
Freshwater/MarineMarine


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