| Specimen ID | 30615 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | affinis |
| Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
| State | CO |
| County | Mesa |
| Locality | Colorado River just above Gunnison |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Colorado Headwaters-Plateau |
| HUC8 Number | 14010005 |
| HUC10 Name | Sink Creek-Colorado River |
| HUC10 Number | 1401000515 |
| HUC12 Name | Indian Wash-Colorado River |
| HUC12 Number | 140100051503 |
| Map | |
| 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 involved G. affinis, the western mosquitofish. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
