| Specimen ID | 44653 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | affinis |
| Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
| State | UT |
| Locality | Great Salt Lake |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Great Salt Lake |
| HUC8 Number | 16020310 |
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| Collection Year | 1980 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 275 |
| Author: | Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. |
| Date: | 1980 |
| Title: | Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. |
| Publisher: | North Carolina State Museum of Natural History |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Pages: | 854 pp |
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| Reference 2 |
| 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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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 207 |
| Author: | Rees, D.M. |
| Date: | 1945 |
| Title: | Supplemental notes on mosquito fish in Utah, Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard). |
| Journal: | Copeia |
| Volume: | 1945 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 236 |
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| Comments | Stocking this aggressive fish in the SW has extirpated many localized native species. Rees 1934 and 1945 provide evidence that the original species introduced into Utah is Gambusia affinis and not Gambusia holbrooki |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
