| Specimen ID | 27634 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Oreochromis |
| Species | aureus |
| Common Name | Blue Tilapia |
| State | AZ |
| County | La Paz |
| Locality | Alamo Lake on the Bill Williams River |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Bill Williams |
| HUC8 Number | 15030204 |
| HUC10 Name | Alamo Lake-Bill Williams River |
| HUC10 Number | 1503020402 |
| HUC12 Name | Alamo Lake |
| HUC12 Number | 150302040202 |
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| Collection Year | 1982 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked |
| Status | collected |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 267 |
| Author: | Grabowski, S.J., S.D. Hiebert, and D.M. Lieberman. |
| Date: | 1984 |
| Title: | Potential for introduction of three species of nonnative fishes into central Arizona via the Central Arizona Project - A literature review and analysis. REC-ERC-84-7. |
| Publisher: | US Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO. |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 268 |
| Author: | Barrett, P.J. |
| Date: | 1983 |
| Title: | Systematics of fishes of the genus Tilapia (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in the lower Colorado River basin. |
| Journal: | M.S. thesis |
| Publisher: | Arizona State University |
| Pages: | 60 pp |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 273 |
| Author: | Thomas, B. |
| Date: | 1983 |
| Title: | Durable fish plentiful, tough to catch. |
| Publisher: | Arizona Republic, May 8, 1983. |
| Pages: | E8 |
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| Comments | May have reached the lake from a plant in the confluence of Burro and Francis Creeks in the late 1960's. High flood waters in 1978 may have washed progeny downstream. Or they may have been transferred by bait buckets or illegal stocking. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 28 |
