| Specimen ID | 38402 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | affinis |
| Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
| State | NM |
| County | Valencia |
| Locality | Rio Grande |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Rio Grande-Albuquerque |
| HUC8 Number | 13020203 |
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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 |
