Specimen Information

Menidia audens
Menidia audens
(Mississippi Silverside)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID29885
GroupFishes
GenusMenidia
Speciesaudens
Common NameMississippi Silverside
StateCA
CountySanta Clara
LocalityAnderson Reservoir, on Coyote Creek
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCoyote
HUC8 Number18050003
HUC10 NameUpper Coyote Creek
HUC10 Number1805000301
HUC12 NameSan Felipe Creek
HUC12 Number180500030104
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 spread illegally since their experimental introduction in 1968 to Alameda and Santa Clara counties.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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