Specimen ID | 164065 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Sarotherodon |
Species | melanotheron |
Common Name | Blackchin Tilapia |
State | HI |
County | Honolulu |
Locality | James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Oahu |
HUC8 Number | 20060000 |
HUC10 Number | 2006000002 |
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Collection Year | 2005 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | escaped captivity |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 14257 |
Author: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
Date: | 2005 |
Title: | National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species. |
Publisher: | USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System and USGS National Institute of Invasive Species Science. |
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Comments | Presently 10 species are established in Hawaiian waters and they can reduce or elimate food consumed by endangered and other Hawaiian waterbirds. They also deteriorate the water environment. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |