| Specimen ID | 30466 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | affinis |
| Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
| State | CO |
| Locality | Rio Grande drainage |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | |
| HUC8 Name | Rio Grande Headwaters |
| HUC8 Number | 13010001 |
| 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 |
