Reference List

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

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20883 Database Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. 2011. Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia - Ichthyology Collection. Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. http://clade.ansp.org/ichthyology/collections/fish.php.
24835 Database Anonymous. 2013. Collection records of Hypostomus in U.S. museum collections. Downloaded from FishNet on 22 April 2013. Updated dataset downloaded on 17 September 2013. http://www.fishnet2.net/search.aspx?t=Hypostomus+or+Plecostomus&l=Country%3aUS+or+United+States. Created on 04/22/2013. Accessed on 09/17/2013.
43624 Database Anonymous. 2024. Loxahatchee area Fish Slam data, December 4-5. Created on 12/19/2024. Accessed on 12/19/2024.
368 Journal Article Barron, J.L. 1964. Reproduction and apparent over-winter survival of the sucker-mouth armoured catfish, Plecostomus sp., in the headwaters of the San Antonio River. The Texas Journal of Science 16:449.
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.
459 Book Chapter Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.P. Jennings, and J.D. Williams. 1991. Appendix 2: Exotic fishes. Pages 97-107 in Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea, and W.B. Scott, eds. Common names and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. 5th edition. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, MD.
165 Journal Article Courtenay, W.R., Jr., H.F. Sahlman, W.W. Miley II, and D.J. Herrema. 1974. Exotic fishes in fresh and brackish waters of Florida. Biological Conservation 6(4):292-302.
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.
690 Conference Proceedings Devick, W.S. 1991. Pattern of introductions of aquatic organisms to Hawaii freshwater habitats. Pages 189-213 in W.S. Devick, ed. New directions in research, management and conservations of Hawaiian freshwater stream ecosystems. Proceedings of the 1990 Freshwater Stream Biology and Fisheries Management Symposium. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources. Honolulu, Hawaii.
13013 Journal Article Edwards, R.J. 2001. New additions and persistence of the introduced fishes of the Upper San Antonio River, Bexar County, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 53(1):3-12.
23838 Database Field Museum of Natural History. 2011. Field Museum of Natural History - Ichthyology Collection Database. Field Museum of Natural History. http://www.fishnet2.net.
31582 Report Findeisen, J., and G. Binion. 2013. Delta Lake 2012 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Mathis, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1285_2012.pdf.
39648 Report Florida Division of Fisheries. 1980. Monthly report June 1980. Division of Fisheries.
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.
24714 Web Page Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2012. Nonnative Freshwater Fish. http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/freshwater-fish/.
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/.
39776 Report Fuller, P. 1990. Man's role in species dispersal with emphasis on exotic species in Florida. Zoogeography.
26212 Database GBIF. 2013. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Database. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. http://www.gbif.org/. Accessed on 03/05/2024.
13997 News Gleason, K. 2004. Where have all the minnows gone? Del Rio News-Herald. July 18:2.
38278 Thesis or Dissertation Goodkin, L.O. 1993. Temperature and salinity tolerance of selected nonindigenous fishes established or collected in the state of Florida. Unpublished M.S. thesis. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
25091 Database Harvard University. 2012. Museum of Comparative Zoology ichthyology collection database. Harvard University. http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/SpecimenSearch.cfm.
360 Report Howells, R.G. 1992. Annotated list of non-native fishes, mollusks, crustaceans, and aquatic plants, in Texas waters. Management Data Series No. 78. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX.
369 Journal Article Hubbs, C., T. Luciere, G.P. Garrett, R.J. Edwards, S.M. Dean, and E. Marsh. 1978. Survival and abundance of introduced fishes near San Antonio, Texas. The Texas Journal of Science 30(4):369-376.
24092 Database Illinois Natural History Survey. 2011. Illinois Natural History Survey Collection Databases. Illinois Natural History Survey. https://www.inhs.illinois.edu/collections/.
25944 Database iNaturalist. 2024. http://www.inaturalist.org/. Accessed on 08/13/2024.
527 Journal Article Kushlan, J.A., and T.E. Lodge. 1974. Ecological and distributional notes on the freshwater fish of southern Florida. Biological Sciences 37(2):110-128.
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).
18520 Journal Article López-Fernández, H., and K.O. Winemiller. 2005. Status of Dionda diaboli and report of established populations of exotic fish species in lower San Felipe Creek, Val Verde County, Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 50(2):246-251.
109 Book Minckley, W.L. 1973. Fishes of Arizona. Arizona Fish and Game Department, Phoenix, AZ.
14969 Book Mundy, B.C. 2005. Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology 6. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, HI.
872 Journal Article Page, L.M. 1994. Identification of sailfin catfishes introduced to Florida. Florida Scientist 57(4):171-172.
178 Journal Article Rivas, L.R. 1965. Florida freshwater fishes and conservation. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 28:255-258.
1884 Journal Article Sabaj, M.H., and R.A. Englund. 1999. Preliminary identification and current distribution of two suckermouth armored catfishes (Loricariidae) introduced to Oahu streams. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 59:50-55.
29311 Database Schofield, P.J. 2016. Fish Slam - Fall 2016. U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Created on 01/12/2017.
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.
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.
1791 Journal Article Shafland, P.L. 1976. The continuing problem of non-native fishes in Florida. Fisheries 1(6):25.
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.
21043 Database Texas A&M University. 2011. Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection - Ichthyology Collection Database. Texas A&M University. http://www.fishnet2.net/.
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.
23830 Database Texas Natural Science Center, University of Texas at Austin. 2011. Texas Natural History Collections, Texas Natural Science Center, University of Texas at Austin - Ichthyology Collection Database. Texas Natural Science Center, University of Texas at Austin. http://www.fishnet2.net/.
30788 Web Page Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. 2018. Lake Survey Reports. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/lake_survey/. Accessed on 11/30/2018.
13707 Web Page Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2001. Fish Records: Water Body - All Tackle. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/action/staterecords.php?env=FW&age_group=all&list=0&browse=Submit. Created on 04/24/2001. Accessed on 06/15/2001.
23820 Database The University of Kansas Natural History Museum. 2011. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Fish Collection Database. University of Kansas Natural History Museum.
20903 Database Tulane University Museum of Natural History. 2011. Tulane University Museum of Natural History - Ichthyology Collection. Tulane University Museum of Natural History. http://www.fishnet2.net/.
520 Journal Article Whiteside, B.G., and C. Berkhouse. 1992. Some new collections locations for six fish species. The Texas Journal of Science 44(4):494.
1537 Book Whitworth, W.R. 1996. Freshwater fishes of Connecticut. Bulletin 114. 2nd edition. State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT.
679 Book Chapter Zuckerman, L.D., and R.J. Behnke. 1986. Introduced fishes in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. Pages 435-453 in Stroud, R.H, ed. Fish culture in fisheries management. Proceedings of a symposium on the role of fish culture in fisheries management at Ozark, MO. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, MD.


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