Specimen ID | 165034 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Poecilia |
Species | latipinna |
Common Name | Sailfin Molly |
State | HI |
County | Maui |
Locality | island of Lanai |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Lanai |
HUC8 Number | 20040000 |
HUC10 Number | 2004000001 |
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Collection Year | 2005 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | failed |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 14969 |
Author: | Mundy, B.C. |
Date: | 2005 |
Title: | Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology 6 |
Publisher: | Bishop Museum Press |
Pages: | 704 pp |
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Comments | Introduced to all of tha main Hawaiian Islands. In the 1980s and 1990s it was reported as established in brackish habitats and lower stream reaches of Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Oahu and Kauai. Apparenlty displaced by other species in the late 20th century and now abundant only at a few localities on Oahu and perhaps Molokai. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater-Brackish |