Specimen ID | 39282 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Gambusia |
Species | affinis |
Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
State | NV |
County | White Pine |
Locality | Lund Spring, northern White River Valley, on Rt 318 just south of I-6 |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | White |
HUC8 Number | 15010011 |
HUC10 Name | Martins Creek-White River |
HUC10 Number | 1501001104 |
HUC12 Name | Wilson Meadows-White River |
HUC12 Number | 150100110406 |
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Collection Year | 1991 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | collected |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 881 |
Author: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
Date: | 1994 |
Title: | White River spinedace, Lepidomeda albivallis, recovery plan. |
Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR. |
Pages: | 45 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 |