Specimen ID | 245619 |
Group | Marine Fishes |
Genus | Zebrasoma |
Species | flavescens |
Common Name | yellow tang |
State | FL |
County | Palm Beach |
Locality | Atlantic Ocean, Florida, Boca Raton, Moray Bend (artificial reef) |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Florida Southeast Coast |
HUC8 Number | 03090206 |
HUC10 Number | 0309020618 |
HUC12 Number | 030902061800 |
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Collection Day | 6 |
Collection Month | 1 |
Collection Year | 2002 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
Status | unknown |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 17775 |
Author: | REEF. |
Date: | 2008 |
Title: | Exotic Species Sighting Program and Volunteer Survey Project Database. |
Publisher: | Reef Environmental Education Foundation. |
Volume: | March 10, 2008 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 13817 |
Author: | Semmens, B.X., E.R. Buhle, A.K. Salomon, C.V. Pattengill-Semmens. |
Date: | 2004 |
Title: | A hotspot of non-native marine fishes: evidence for the aquarium trade as an invasion pathway. |
Journal: | Marine Ecology Progress Series |
Volume: | 266 |
Pages: | 239-244 |
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Comments | Three separate observations of this species at this location within this year. One fish per observation |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Marine |
Size | ~5 inches |