| Specimen ID | 44654 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Gambusia |
| Species | affinis |
| Common Name | Western Mosquitofish |
| State | UT |
| County | Utah |
| Locality | waters just SE of Utah Lake |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Utah Lake |
| HUC8 Number | 16020201 |
| Map | |
| 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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| 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 |
