Specimen ID | 38398 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Gambusia |
Species | affinis |
Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
State | NM |
County | Rio Arriba |
Locality | Rio Grande |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Upper Rio Grande |
HUC8 Number | 13020101 |
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Collection Year | 1991 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 112 |
Author: | Platania, S.P. |
Date: | 1991 |
Title: | Fishes of the Rio Chama and upper Rio Grande, New Mexico, with preliminary comments on their longitudinal distribution. |
Journal: | Southwestern Naturalist |
Volume: | 36 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 186-193 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 1415 |
Author: | Krumholz, L.A. |
Date: | 1948 |
Title: | Reproduction in the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis affinis (Baird & Girard), and its use in mosquito control. |
Journal: | Ecological Monographs |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 1-43 |
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Reference 3 |
Ref. Number: | 1451 |
Author: | Barber, M.A., W.H.W. Komp, and C.H. King |
Date: | 1929 |
Title: | Malaria and malaria danger in certain irrigated region of southwestern United States. |
Journal: | Public Health Report |
Volume: | 44 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 1300-1315 |
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Comments | Barber et al. 1929 (Stock source: Mississippi)and Krumholz 1948 provide evidence that original introductions in New Mexico were Gambusia affinis, the western mosquitofish |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |