| Specimen ID | 39266 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | affinis |
| Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
| State | NV |
| County | Lincoln |
| Locality | Meadow Valley Wash drainage, Lincoln County |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | |
| HUC8 Name | Meadow Valley Wash |
| HUC8 Number | 15010013 |
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| Collection Year | 1980 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 799 |
| Author: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
| Date: | 1993 |
| Title: | Big Spring spinedace, Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis, recovery plan. |
| Publisher: | US Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR. |
| Pages: | 42 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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| Comments | Impacting the Big Spring spinedace. 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 |
