| Specimen ID | 261139 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Oreochromis |
| Species | aureus |
| Common Name | Blue Tilapia |
| State | NV |
| County | Clark |
| Locality | Muddy River immediately downstream from the Warm Springs area |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Muddy |
| HUC8 Number | 15010012 |
| HUC10 Name | Upper Muddy River |
| HUC10 Number | 1501001208 |
| HUC12 Name | Battleship Wash-Muddy River |
| HUC12 Number | 150100120801 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1991 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | escaped captivity aquaculture |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 18549 |
| Author: | Scoppettone, G.G., J.A. Salgado, and M.B. Nielsen |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Title: | Blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) predation on fishes in the Muddy River system, Clark County, Nevada. |
| Journal: | Western North American Naturalist |
| Volume: | 65 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 410-414 |
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| Comments | first sighting in 1991; expanded to Warm Springs area after Feb 1995 when a 1.5m high diversion dam was removed |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | drainage |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
