Specimen ID | 30465 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Gambusia |
Species | affinis |
Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
State | CO |
Locality | Arkansas drainage |
Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
Centroid Type | |
HUC8 Name | Upper Arkansas |
HUC8 Number | 11020002 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1993 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 1390 |
Author: | Walker, P. |
Date: | 1993 |
Title: | A list of the endemic and introduced fishes of Colorado-March 1993. |
Publisher: | Aquatic Resources Section - Fish Health Unit |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 1411 |
Author: | Lynch, J.D. |
Date: | 1988 |
Title: | Introduction, establishment, and dispersal of western mosquitofish in Nebraska (Actinopterygii:Poeciliidae). |
Journal: | Prarie Naturalist |
Volume: | 20 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 203-216 |
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Comments | Lynch 1988 states that within the U.S., introductions primarily involved G. affinis, the western mosquitofish. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |