Specimen Information

Menidia audens
Menidia audens
(Mississippi Silverside)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID902984
GroupFishes
GenusMenidia
Speciesaudens
Common NameMississippi Silverside
StateCA
CountySanta Barbara
LocalityArroyo Burro lagoon
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSanta Barbara Coastal
HUC8 Number18060013
HUC10 NameSan Pedro Creek-Frontal Santa Barbara Channel
HUC10 Number1806001302
HUC12 NameMission Creek-Frontal Santa Barbara Channel
HUC12 Number180600130203
Map
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Collection Day2
Collection Month6
Collection Year2004
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal | unknown
Statusfailed
Reference 1
Ref. Number:27298
Author:Swift, C.C., S. Howard, J. Mulder, D.J. Pondella II, and T.P. Keegan
Date:2014
Title:Expansion of the non-native Mississippi Silverside, Menidia audens (Pisces, Atherinopsidae), into fresh and marine waters of coastal southern California
Journal:Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
Volume:113
Issue:3
Pages:153-164
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recorddrainage
DisposalLos Angeles County Natural History Museum ichthyology collection
Museum Cat NumberLACM 58119-1
Freshwater/MarineBrackish-Freshwater
Number Collected2
Number Preserved2


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