| Specimen ID | 28174 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Poeciliopsis |
| Species | gracilis |
| Common Name | Porthole Livebearer |
| State | CA |
| County | Riverside |
| Locality | Drainage canal south of Mecca, at junction of Hwy 111 and Johnson Avenue [St.]. |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Salton Sea |
| HUC8 Number | 18100204 |
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| Collection Day | 27 |
| Collection Month | 7 |
| Collection Year | 1974 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
| Status | locally established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 601 |
| Author: | Mearns, A.J. |
| Date: | 1975 |
| Title: | Poeciliopsis gracilis (heckel), a newly introduced poeciliid fish in California |
| Journal: | California Fish and Game |
| Volume: | 61 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 251-253 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 274 |
| Author: | Shapovalov, L., A.J. Cordone, and W.A. Dill |
| Date: | 1981 |
| Title: | A list of freshwater and anadromous fishes of California. |
| Journal: | California Fish and Game |
| Volume: | 67 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 4-38 |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 10 |
| Author: | Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.A. Hensley, J.N. Taylor, and J.A. McCann. |
| Date: | 1984 |
| Title: | Distribution of exotic fishes in the continental United States. |
| Publisher: | John Hopkins University Press |
| Pages: | 41-77 |
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| Comments | Native to Central America and Mexico. |
| Record Type | Specimen |
| Earliest Record | nation |
| Disposal | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Museum Cat Number | SIO 74-126 |
| Verifier | Hubbs, C.L. |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 4 |
| Size | 14-21 mm SL |
| Number Preserved | 4 |
| Number of Juveniles | 4 |
| Number of Females | 3 |
