Specimen ID | 29238 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Oreochromis |
Species | mossambicus |
Common Name | Mozambique Tilapia |
State | CA |
County | Imperial |
Locality | lower Colorado River near the Mexican border |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Lower Colorado |
HUC8 Number | 15030107 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1976 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | escaped captivity aquaculture |
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 | The first fish to become established in the late 1960's were probably escapees from a tropical fish farm but these were augmented by authorized introductions in the late 1960's and early 1970's. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |