| Specimen ID | 38903 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | affinis |
| Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
| State | NV |
| Locality | Colorado drainage |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | |
| HUC8 Name | Imperial Reservoir |
| HUC8 Number | 15030104 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1962 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 121 |
| Author: | La Rivers, I. |
| Date: | 1962 |
| Title: | Fishes and fisheries of Nevada. |
| Publisher: | Nevada State Print Office, Carson City, NV. |
| Pages: | 782 pp |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 281 |
| Author: | Miller, R.R., and J.R. Alcorn |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Title: | The introduced fishes of Nevada, with a history of their introduction. |
| Journal: | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society |
| Volume: | 73 |
| Pages: | 173-193 |
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| Reference 3 |
| 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 | Miller and Alcorn 1946 provide evidence that original introductions in Nevada were Gambusia affinis, the western mosquitofish (stock source: Southern California, which originally came from Mississippi (Rees 1934)) |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
