Specimen ID | 29452 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Gambusia |
Species | affinis |
Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
State | CA |
County | Placer/El Dorado |
Locality | Lake Tahoe |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Lake Tahoe |
HUC8 Number | 16050101 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1980 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 275 |
Author: | Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. |
Date: | 1980 |
Title: | Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. |
Publisher: | North Carolina State Museum of Natural History |
Issue: | 12 |
Pages: | 854 pp |
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Comments | Stocking this aggressive fish in the SW has extirpated many localized native species. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |