Specimen Information

Menidia audens
Menidia audens
(Mississippi Silverside)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID29008
GroupFishes
GenusMenidia
Speciesaudens
Common NameMississippi Silverside
StateCA
CountySanta Clara
LocalityLexington Reservoir
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCoyote
HUC8 Number18050003
HUC10 NameGuadalupe River-Frontal San Francisco Bay Estuaries
HUC10 Number1805000303
HUC12 NameLos Gatos Creek
HUC12 Number180500030303
Map
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Collection Year1976
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwaystocked for forage
Statusestablished
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
Reference 2
Ref. Number:248
Author:Moyle, P.B., F.W. Fisher, and H. Li
Date:1974
Title:Mississippi silversides and logperch in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River system.
Journal:California Department of Fish and Game
Volume:60
Issue:2
Pages:145-147
CommentsThey have been spead illegally since their experimental introduction in 1968 to Alameda and Santa Clara counties.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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