Specimen ID | 33153 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Poecilia |
Species | mexicana |
Common Name | Shortfin Molly |
State | ID |
County | Owyhee |
Locality | Brunneau River, SW of Blackstone Grasmere Road bridge on Hot Creek Road at Hot Springs Road, 8 mi SE of Brunneau near a thermal effluent from fish farm |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Bruneau |
HUC8 Number | 17050102 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 26 |
Collection Month | 9 |
Collection Year | 1986 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
Status | locally established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 467 |
Author: | Courtenay, W.R., Jr., C.R. Robins, R.M. Bailey, and J.E. Deacon |
Date: | 1987 |
Title: | Records of exotic fishes from Idaho and Wyoming. |
Journal: | Great Basin Naturalist |
Volume: | 47 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 523-546 |
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Comments | Brunneau R. is fed by thermal effluents from nearby springs and just upstream by Indian Bathtub. It is unlikely that any tropical fish introduced here could overwinter. Mollys are probably established upstream. |
Record Type | Specimen |
Earliest Record | state |
Disposal | University of Michigan |
Museum Cat Number | UMMZ 213783 |
Verifier | Courtenay et al. |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 2 |
Size | 35, 40 mm SL |