07.04.2013 Views

Cothurnia limnoriae - NSCEP | US EPA - US Environmental ...

Cothurnia limnoriae - NSCEP | US EPA - US Environmental ...

Cothurnia limnoriae - NSCEP | US EPA - US Environmental ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Lucania parva<br />

Taxon: Ray-finned fish<br />

Kingdom: Animalia<br />

Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Chordata<br />

Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Pisces Class: Actinopterygii<br />

Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Superorder: Acanthopterygii<br />

Order: Cyprinodontiformes Suborder: Cyprinodontoidei Infraorder:<br />

Superfamily: Family: Fundulidae Subfamily:<br />

Also Known As (Name - Type): Common Names:<br />

Cyprinodon parvus Synonym rainwater killifish<br />

Limia venusta Synonym<br />

Lucania affinis Synonym<br />

Type Locality: New Jersey, <strong>US</strong>A<br />

Ecoregion-level distribution<br />

Master Classifications<br />

Date 1st record:<br />

Loc 1st record:<br />

Established:<br />

NWP<br />

Taxonomic Author: (Baird & Girard, 1855)<br />

Hawaii<br />

Species ID: 1579<br />

Print Date: 9/9/2012 10:51:38 PM<br />

NEP<br />

1950s<br />

San Francisco Estuary, CA<br />

Yes<br />

VECTORS<br />

SH X MS AF X<br />

ID RE AP REC SF HR O<br />

BW SB HF S/R AE AA X IR<br />

A P<br />

X<br />

AO X PO<br />

Comments: A likely vector for the rainwater killifish, Lucania parva, is as contaminated stock with other fishes<br />

transported for aquaculture or bait. They may also have been transported to the NEP via ballast water or as eggs on<br />

Atlantic oysters.<br />

1582

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!