| Specimen ID | 37596 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | affinis |
| Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
| State | NE |
| Locality | almost anywhere along the Platte and North Platte |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Middle Platte-Buffalo |
| HUC8 Number | 10200101 |
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| Collection Year | 1991 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| 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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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 128 |
| Author: | Rees, D.M. |
| Date: | 1934 |
| Title: | Notes on mosquito fish in Utah, Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard). |
| Journal: | Copeia |
| Volume: | 1945 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 236 |
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| Comments | a great deal has been written about Gambusia in NE-see J.D. Lynch. Lynch 1988 reports stock for original introductions of western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in Nebraska were obtained from Provo, UT; which are descendent's of G. affinis from Shelby County, TN. |
| Record Type | Personal communication |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
