Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Tilapia mariae listed in key words.

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25123 Journal Article Annett, C.A., R. Pierotti, and J.R. Baylis. 1999. Male and female parental roles in the monogamous cichid, Tilapia mariae, introduced in Florida. Environmental Biology of Fishes 54:283–293. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1007567028017.
25111 Database Anonymous. 2012. Collection records of Tilapia mariae from U.S. museums. Downloaded from FishNET on 28 November 2012. Anonymous.
39508 Database Anonymous. 2022. Miami Fish Slam Data. USGS.
41440 Database Anonymous. 2023. Ruskin Fish Slam Data. USGS.
42848 Database Anonymous. 2023. Ft. Myers Fish Slam data.
43624 Database Anonymous. 2024. Loxahatchee area Fish Slam data, December 4-5. Created on 12/19/2024. Accessed on 12/19/2024.
25118 Journal Article Brooks, W.R., and R.C. Jordan. 2010. Enhanced interspecific territoriality and the invasion success of the spotted tilapia (Tilapia mariae) in South Florida. Biological Invasions 12:865–874. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10530-009-9507-3.
24369 Database Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. 2024. EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system. The University of Georgia, Tifton, GA. https://www.eddmaps.org/tools/query/. Accessed on 01/27/2019.
14162 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
173 Journal Article Clark, M.R. 1981. Probable establishment and range expansion of the spotted tilapia, Tilapia mariae Boulenger (Pisces: Cichlidae) in east central Florida. Florida Scientist 44(3):168–171.
41442 Database Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area. 2023. Southwest Florida Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area invasive fish roundup.
14797 Report Courtenay, W.R., Jr. 1980. Survey of introduced non-native fishes in Florida: 1978-1979. Phase II Report. Submitted to National Fishery Reserch Laboratory, USFWS, Gainesville, FL.
172 Journal Article Courtenay, W.R., Jr., and D.A. Hensley. 1979. Range expansion in southern Florida of the introduced spotted tilapia, with comments on its environmental impress. Environmental Conservation 6(2):149–152.
386 Journal Article Courtenay, W.R., Jr., and J.E. Deacon. 1982. Status of introduced fishes in certain spring systems in southern Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist 42(3):361–366.
385 Journal Article Courtenay, W.R., Jr., and J.E. Deacon. 1983. Fish introductions in the American Southwest: a case history of Rogers Spring, Nevada. Southwestern Naturalist 28(2):221–224. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3671390.
393 Book Chapter Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.A. Hensley, J.N. Taylor, and J.A. McCann. 1986. Distribution of exotic fishes in North America. Page 675–698 in Hocutt, C.H., and E.O. Wiley, eds. The zoogeography of North American freshwater fishes. John Wiley and Sons. New York, NY.
279 Journal Article Deacon, J.E., and J.E. Williams. 1984. Annotated list of the fishes of Nevada. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97(1):103–118.
23945 Report Dutka-Gianelli, J., D. Tremain, and R. Paperno. 2009. Fish assemblages in tidal and non-tidal freshwater tributaries of the Indian River Lagoon. Final report for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Project SWG06-010. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
24874 Report Ellis, G., M. Zokan, J. Lorenz, and B. Loftus. 2006. Biscayne National Park freshwater fish inventory and monitoring final report. National Park Service. https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/DownloadDigitalFile?code=435120&file=BISC_final_fish_report_2006.pdf.
18109 Report Ellis, G., M. Zokan, W.F. Loftus, J. Lorenz. 2004. Inventory of Freshwater Fishes of the Big Cypress National Preserve. http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/loftus_bicy/.
414 Journal Article Fagade, S.O. 1971. The food and feeding habits of Tilapia species in the Lagos Lagoon. Journal of Fish Biology 3:151–156. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1971.tb03659.x/abstract.
26402 Database Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2000. Florida Freshwater Fisheries Database via MARIS. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
25080 Database Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2012. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ichthyology collection database. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. http://www.fishnet2.net.
29166 Database Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2016. FL FWC Long-term monitoring database. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, FL.
18857 Database Florida Museum of Natural History. 2009. Ichthyology Collection database. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishes/.
25899 Database Florida Museum of Natural History. 2013. Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/eccf4b09-f0c8-462d-a48c-41a7ce36815a. Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL. http://www.gbif.org/dataset/eccf4b09-f0c8-462d-a48c-41a7ce36815a. Accessed on 04/09/2013.
26212 Database GBIF. 2013. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Database. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. http://www.gbif.org/. Accessed on 03/05/2024.
1161 Journal Article Gilmore, R.G., P.A. Hastings, and D.J. Herrema. 1983. Ichthyofaunal additions to the Indian River Lagoon and adjacent waters east-central Florida. Florida Scientist 46:22–30.
528 Journal Article Hogg, R.G. 1976. Established exotic cichlid fishes in Dade County, Florida. Florida Scientist 39(2):97–103.
171 Thesis or Dissertation Hogg, R.G. 1976. Ecology of fishes of the family Cichlidae introduced into the fresh waters of Dade County, Florida. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
24406 Database Idelberger, C. 2011. dataset for paper "Distribution and abundance of introduced fishes in Florida's Charlotte Harbor estuary".
24381 Journal Article Idelberger, C.F., C.J. Stafford, and S.E. Erickson. 2011. Distribution and abundance of introduced fishes in Florida’s Charlotte Harbor estuary. Gulf and Caribbean Research 23:13–22.
25121 Journal Article Ikomi, R.B., and H.O. Jessa. 2003. Studies on the aspects of the biology of Tilapia mariae (Boulenger, 1899) (Osteichthyes Cichlidae) in Ethiope River, Niger Delta, Nigeria. African Zoology 38(2):255–264. http://africanzoology.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/528/491.
25944 Database iNaturalist. 2024. http://www.inaturalist.org/. Accessed on 08/13/2024.
483 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
25119 Journal Article King, R.P., and L. Etim. 2004. Reproduction, growth, mortality and yield of Tilapia mariae Boulenger 1899 (Cichlidae) in a Nigerian rainforest wetland stream. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 20:502–510. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0426.2004.00545.x/full.
1601 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
19144 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
275 Book Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1980. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, NC.
26408 Database Loftus, A. 2011. Multi State Aquatic Resources Information System (MARIS) Master Database records via Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON).
466 Conference Proceedings Loftus, W.F. 1988. Distribution and ecology of exotic fishes in Everglades National Park. Page 24–34 in Thomas, Jr., L.K, ed. Management of exotic species in natural communities. Proceedings of the Conference on Science in the National Parks, July 13-18, 1986, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. The U.S. National Park Service and George Wright Society.
14428 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
26038 Database Loftus, W.F. 2013. Collection records of Tilapia mariae in south Florida (Big Cypress and Everglades National Park). Provided by W. Loftus on 2013-04-01.
463 Journal Article Loftus, W.F., and J.A. Kushlan. 1987. Freshwater fishes of southern Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 31(4):147–344. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/files/1114/7180/5011/Vol-31-No-4.PDF.
19660 Report Loftus, W.F., J.C. Trexler, K. Dunker, S. Liston, and J. Rehage. 2006. Introduced fishes in short-hydroperiod wetlands: evaluation of sampling, status, and potential effects. Final report from USGS to Everglades National Park for Agreement # CESI IA F5284-04-0039. U.S. Geological Survey, Homestead, FL.
25976 Database North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. 2013. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8099. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8099. Created on 02/10/2009. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
16100 Journal Article Pearlstine, E., W.M. Bear, F.J. Mazzotti, and K.G. Rice. 2007. Checklist of fish in rice and sugarcane fields of the Everglades Agricultural Area. Florida Scientist 70:113–119.
21057 Journal Article Rehage, J.S., and W.F. Loftus. 2007. Seasonal fish community variation in headwater mangrove creeks in the southwestern everglades: an examination of their role as dry-down refuges. Bulletin of Marine Science 80(3):625–645.
25113 Database Schofield, P. 2012. Gourami Blitz - 8 November 2012.
27192 Database Schofield, P.J. 2014. Fish slam collection data from 2014 south Florida (sampling in canals in south Miami-Dade county). U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 11/21/2014. Accessed on 01/22/2015.
28155 Database Schofield, P.J. 2015. Fish slam collection data from 2015 in south Florida. US Geolgoical Survey, Gainesville, FL.
32414 Database Schofield, P.J. 2016. Fish slam data Spring 2016 in south Florida. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 01/30/2019.
29311 Database Schofield, P.J. 2016. Fish Slam - Fall 2016. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 01/12/2017.
29757 Database Schofield, P.J. 2017. Fish Slam Spring 2017 data (unpublished). U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 04/12/2017.
29915 Database Schofield, P.J. 2017. Fishes of Indian River Lagoon, March-April 2017 (unpublished data). U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 05/17/2017.
31023 Database Schofield, P.J. 2017. Fish Slam Fall 2017 collection data in south Florida. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 02/06/2018.
32291 Database Schofield, P.J. 2018. Fish slam data in south Florida Fall 2018, November 6-7. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 11/29/2018.
33937 Database Schofield, P.J. 2019. Fish slam data in south Florida, November 2019. Created on 11/22/2019.
33259 Database Schofield, P.J. 2019. Fish Slam Data - Vero, Florida, Spring March 26-27, 2019. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 06/11/2019.
35671 Database Schofield, P.J. 2021. Virtual Statewide Fish Slam, March 15-19, 2021. U.S. Geological Survey (Unpublished data), Gainesville, FL. Created on 04/19/2021. Accessed on 04/19/2021.
25120 Journal Article Schwanck, E.J. 1989. Parental care of Tilapia mariae in the field and in aquaria. Environmental Biology of Fishes 24(4):251–265. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00001399.
38630 Report Shafland, P. 1992. Non-native fish research: peacock bass investigations. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee, FL.
38632 Report Shafland, P. L. 1989. Preliminary report on Florida's peacock bass study: 1984-1989. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Boca Raton, FL.
1791 Journal Article Shafland, P.L. 1976. The continuing problem of non-native fishes in Florida. Fisheries 1(6):25.
38633 Report Shafland, P.L. 1984. A proposal for introducing peacock bass (Cichla spp.) in southeast Florida canals. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Boca Raton, FL.
38713 Report Shafland, P.L. 1991. Non-native fish research: annual performance report. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Boca Raton, FL.
41529 Report Shafland, P.L., and K.J. Foote. Lower lethal temperatures for Tilapia aurea, T. mariae, T. melanotheron and T. mossambica. Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission.
15920 Journal Article Shafland, P.L., K.B. Gestring, and M.S. Stanford. 2008. Florida's exotic freshwater fishes - 2007. Florida Scientist 71(3):220–245.
25132 Journal Article Siemien, M.J., and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1989. Temperature preference and tolerance of the spotted tilapia and Rio Grande cichlid. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 115:287–303.
29063 Report South Florida Water Management District, Loxahatchee River District and Florida Department of Environmental Protection. 2012. Addendum to the Restoration Plan for the Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River.
19428 Journal Article Stevens, P.W., M.F.D. Greenwood, C.F. Idelberger, and D.A. Blewett. 2010. Mainstem and backwater fish assemblages in the tidal Caloosahatchee River: implications for freshwater inflow studies. Estuaries and Coasts 33:1216–1224.
45537 Database SWFL CISMA. 2025. Invasive Fish Roundup.
895 Journal Article Taylor, J.N., D.B. Snyder, and W.R. Courtenay, Jr. 1986. Hybridization between two introduced, substrate-spawning tilapias (Pisces: Cichlidae) in Florida. Copeia 1986(4):903–909. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1445286.
25997 Database Texas A&M University. 2013. Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection vertebrate collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14379. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14379. Created on 08/06/2012. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
25998 Database Texas Natural Science Center. 2013. Texas Natural History Collections ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/6080b6cc-1c24-41ff-ad7f-0ebe7b56f311. Unversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. http://www.gbif.org/dataset/6080b6cc-1c24-41ff-ad7f-0ebe7b56f311. Created on 02/02/2011. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
13672 Journal Article Tilmant, J.T. 1999. Management of nonindigenous aquatic fish in the U.S. National Park System. Paper presented at the 129th Annual Meeting of The American Fisheries Society, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 1, 1999 129:50.
1939 Journal Article Trexler, J.C., W.F. Loftus, F. Jordan, J.J. Lorenz, J.H. Chick, and R.M. Kobza. 2000. Empirical assessment of fish introductions in a subtropical wetland: an evaluation of contrasting views. Biological Invasions 2:265–277.
14257 Web Page U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2005. National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species. http://www.nwrinvasives.com/index.asp (Last accessed 2006).
20843 Database University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 2011. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Ichthyology Collection. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. http://www.fishnet2.net/.
13955 Web Page Vinyard, G.L. 2001. Fish Species Recorded from Nevada. http://www.brrc.unr.edu/data/animal/vertebrates/fishlist.htm.
164 Report Williams, J.D., D. Jennings, and D. Haney. 1992. Exotics in the Indian River Lagoon system.


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