Specimen ID | 30614 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Gambusia |
Species | affinis |
Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
State | CO |
Locality | White River |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Lower Yampa |
HUC8 Number | 14050002 |
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Collection Year | 1982 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 1578 |
Author: | Tyus, H.M., B.D. Burdick, R.A. Valdez, C.M. Haynes, T.A. Lytle, and C.R. Berry. |
Date: | 1982 |
Title: | Fishes of the upper Colorado basin: distribution, abundance, and status. |
Publisher: | Western Division, American Fisheries Society. |
Pages: | 12-70 |
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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., the introductions primarily invovled G. affinis, the western mosquitofish. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |