Specimen Information

Menidia audens
Menidia audens
(Mississippi Silverside)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID902986
GroupFishes
GenusMenidia
Speciesaudens
Common NameMississippi Silverside
StateCA
CountyLos Angeles
LocalityPyramid Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSanta Clara
HUC8 Number18070102
HUC10 NameUpper Piru Creek
HUC10 Number1807010205
HUC12 NameLiebre Gulch-Piru Creek
HUC12 Number180701020509
Map
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Collection Year1988
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:544
Author:Swift, C.C., T.R. Haglund, M. Ruiz, and R.N. Fisher
Date:1993
Title:The status and distribution of the freshwater fishes of southern California.
Journal:Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
Volume:92
Issue:3
Pages:101-167
Reference 2
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
CommentsPreviously identified as M. beryllina
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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