Specimen ID | 26354 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Gambusia |
Species | holbrooki |
Common Name | Eastern Mosquitofish |
State | AL |
Locality | state non-specific |
Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
Centroid Type | State |
HUC8 Name | South Atlantic-Gulf Region |
HUC8 Number | 03000000 |
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Collection Year | 1992 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 680 |
Author: | Boschung, H.T. |
Date: | 1992 |
Title: | Catalog of freshwater and marine fishes of Alabama. |
Journal: | Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History |
Volume: | 14 |
Pages: | 1-266 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 14971 |
Author: | Boschung, H.T., Jr., and R.L. Mayden. |
Date: | 2004 |
Title: | Fishes of Alabama. |
Publisher: | Smithsonian Books |
Pages: | 736 pp |
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Comments | Both species are native the state of Alabama, G. affinis is found in the Tennessee River drainage and Mobile Basin exclusive of the Mobile Delta; while G. holbrooki is found in the Mobile Delta and coastal drainages eastward. However, Boschung, Jr. and Mayden 2004 state that both species were stocked for mosquito control in various places in Alabama. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |