Specimen Information

Menidia audens
Menidia audens
(Mississippi Silverside)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID934857
GroupFishes
GenusMenidia
Speciesaudens
Common NameMississippi Silverside
StateCA
CountyVentura
LocalityMandalay Canal from Mandalay Generating Plant to Harbor Blvd Bridge
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCalleguas
HUC8 Number18070103
HUC10 NameMcGrath Lake-Frontal Pacific Ocean
HUC10 Number1807010302
HUC12 NameMcGrath Lake-Frontal Pacific Ocean
HUC12 Number180701030202
Map
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Collection Day9
Collection Month1
Collection Year2008
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 ichthyology collection
Museum Cat NumberLACM 58127-1
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1
Number Preserved1


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