| Specimen ID | 29779 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Ictiobus |
| Species | cyprinellus |
| Common Name | Bigmouth Buffalo |
| State | CA |
| County | Los Angeles |
| Locality | at least 11 reservoirs in the Los Angles aquaduct system |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Indian Wells-Searles Valleys |
| HUC8 Number | 18090205 |
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| Collection Year | 1948 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for sport |
| 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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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 240 |
| Author: | Evans, W.A. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Title: | Notes on the occurrence of the bigmouth buffalo in southern California. |
| Journal: | California Fish and Game |
| Volume: | 36 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 332-333 |
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| Comments | It is not known how they were introduced to CA but it is speculated that commercial fishermen in the late 1940's transplanted some from Arizona to provide a source close to the L.A. Fish Market. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
