Reference List

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

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10 Book Chapter Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.A. Hensley, J.N. Taylor, and J.A. McCann. 1984. Distribution of exotic fishes in the continental United States. Page 41–77 in Courtenay, W.R., Jr., and J.R. Stauffer, Jr, eds. Distribution, biology, and management of exotic fishes. John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, MD.
26212 Database GBIF. 2013. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Database. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. http://www.gbif.org/. Accessed on 03/05/2024.
25944 Database iNaturalist. 2024. http://www.inaturalist.org/. Accessed on 08/13/2024.
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.
601 Journal Article Mearns, A.J. 1975. Poeciliopsis gracilis (heckel), a newly introduced poeciliid fish in California. California Fish and Game 61(4):251–253. http://www.archive.org/stream/californiafishga61_4cali#page/250/mode/2up.
25971 Database Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2013. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County vertebrate collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14305. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14305. Created on 06/26/2012. Accessed on 04/10/2013.
274 Journal Article Shapovalov, L., A.J. Cordone, and W.A. Dill. 1981. A list of freshwater and anadromous fishes of California. California Fish and Game 67(1):4–38.


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