Specimen Information

Lucania parva
Lucania parva
(Rainwater Killifish)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID279573
GroupFishes
GenusLucania
Speciesparva
Common NameRainwater Killifish
StateCA
CountyAlameda
LocalityAlameda Creek, at Hesperian Blvd. bridge, north of Alvarado
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSan Francisco Bay
HUC8 Number18050004
HUC10 NameSan Francisco Bay
HUC10 Number1805000410
HUC12 NameSan Francisco Bay Estuaries
HUC12 Number180500041001
Map
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Collection Day22
Collection Month2
Collection Year1966
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker with oysters | shipping ballast water
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:20826
Author:California Academy of Sciences.
Date:2011
Title:California Academy of Sciences - Ichthyology Collection Database.
Publisher:California Academy of Sciences.
Reference 2
Ref. Number:245
Author:Hubbs, C.L., and R.R. Miller
Date:1965
Title:Studies of cyprinodontid fishes. XXII. Variation in Lucania parva, its establishment in western United States, and description of a new species from an interior basin in Coahuila, Mexico.
Journal:Miscellaneous Publications of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Volume:127
Pages:1-104
Record TypeLiterature
DisposalCalifornia Academy of Sciences
Museum Cat NumberCAS 209442
Freshwater/MarineMarine
Number Preserved4


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