| Specimen ID | 27362 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Astyanax |
| Species | mexicanus |
| Common Name | Mexican Tetra |
| State | AZ |
| Locality | lower Colorado River |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Imperial Reservoir |
| HUC8 Number | 15030104 |
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| Collection Year | 1973 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | released bait |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 109 |
| Author: | Minckley, W.L. |
| Date: | 1973 |
| Title: | Fishes of Arizona. |
| Publisher: | Arizona Fish and Game Department |
| Pages: | 127 pp |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 113 |
| Author: | Evans, W.A., and P.A. Douglas |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Title: | Notes on fishes recently introduced into southern California. |
| Journal: | California Fish and Game |
| Volume: | 36 |
| Pages: | 435-436 |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 114 |
| Author: | Miller, R.R. |
| Date: | 1952 |
| Title: | Bait fishes of the lower Colorado River, from Lake Mead, Nevada, to Yuma, Arizona, with a key for identification. |
| Journal: | California Fish and Game |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Pages: | 7-42 |
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| Comments | First seen in a bait shop in Yuma in 1950 - presumably a contaminant in a minnow shipment from the Rio Grande in New Mexico |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
