Specimen ID | 28981 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Gambusia |
Species | affinis |
Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
State | CA |
Locality | state non-specific |
Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
Centroid Type | State |
HUC8 Name | California Region |
HUC8 Number | 18000000 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1922 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 217 |
Author: | Moyle, P.B. |
Date: | 1976 |
Title: | Inland fishes of California. |
Publisher: | University of California Press Berkeley, CA. |
Pages: | 405 pp |
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Comments | Species seems to be affinis. Likely that they have contributed to the decline of many pupfish by competing for food and eating young. |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | state |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |