Specimen Information

Menidia audens
Menidia audens
(Mississippi Silverside)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID902994
GroupFishes
GenusMenidia
Speciesaudens
Common NameMississippi Silverside
StateCA
CountyVentura
Localitymouth of Piru Creek, sand bars and flats for ca. 400 m above buoy line
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSanta Clara
HUC8 Number18070102
HUC10 NameLower Piru Creek
HUC10 Number1807010206
HUC12 NameHosler Canyon-Piru Creek
HUC12 Number180701020604
Map
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Collection Day3
Collection Month6
Collection Year1992
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
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
DisposalNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County vertebrate collection
Museum Cat NumberLACM 45698-1
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Preserved15


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