Specimen ID | 33413 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Gambusia |
Species | affinis |
Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
State | ID |
County | Elmore |
Locality | four ponds in Elmore County |
Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
Centroid Type | |
HUC8 Name | Middle Snake-Boise |
HUC8 Number | 17050100 |
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Collection Year | 1974 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 133 |
Author: | Simpson, J., and R. Wallace. |
Date: | 1978 |
Title: | Fishes of Idaho. |
Publisher: | University of Idaho Press |
Pages: | 237 pp |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 17153 |
Author: | Idaho Fish and Game. |
Date: | 2007 |
Title: | Exotic fish and wildlife found in Idaho. |
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Comments | Reproduced in summer and fall of 1974 and overwintered well. Idaho Fish and Game website lists this species as the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | state |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |