Specimen ID | 850333 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Gambusia |
Species | geiseri |
Common Name | Largespring Gambusia |
State | TX |
County | Reeves |
Locality | San Solomon Springs, Balmorhea State Park, Toyahvale |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Toyah |
HUC8 Number | 13070003 |
HUC10 Name | Upper Toyah Creek |
HUC10 Number | 1307000302 |
HUC12 Name | San Solomon Creek-Toyah Creek |
HUC12 Number | 130700030201 |
Map | |
Collection Month | 5 |
Collection Year | 2011 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | stocked misidentified |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 27388 |
Author: | Sanchez, J.L., B.B. Boutwell, S.T. Hamontree, G.P. Garrett, R.H. Lewis, A.N. Ragan, M. Tobler, and R.D. Haynes. |
Date: | 2014 |
Title: | Reproductive characteristics of two Gambusia congeners in west Texas. |
Journal: | The Southwestern Naturalist |
Volume: | 59 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 438-441 |
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Comments | In the 1930s, G. geiseri was mistaken by fisheries managers for its congener, G. affinis, and was distributed across Texas for mosquito control (Hubbs and Springer, 1957). |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 36 |
Number of Females | 16 |