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Common Name: Gulf opaleye
Synonyms and Other Names: (Gulf opal eye).
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Miller and Lea (1972); Thomson et al. (1979); Fischer et al. (1995a).
Size: 46 cm.
Native Range: Marine; San Francisco to Cape San Lucas, Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). Gulf of California (Fischer et al. 1995a).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Introduced into Salton Sea, California, in 1951 (Walker et al. 1961; Dill and Cordone 1997).
Means of Introduction: Intentionally stocked. Seven fish obtained from San Felipe, Mexico, were stocked (Walker et al. 1961).
Status: The introduction failed to produce a viable population and the species is extirpated in the Salton Sea.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: None.
Dill, W. A., and A. J. Cordone. 1997. History and status of introduced fishes in California, 1871--1996. Manuscript for Fish Bulletin of the California Department of Fish and Game 178.
Fischer, W., F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K. E. Carpenter, V. H. Niem. 1995a. Guía FAO para la identificatión de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico centro-oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1. Vol. II: 647--1200. Roma, FAO.
Miller, D. J., and R. N. Lea. 1972. Guide to the coastal marine fishes of California. Fish Bulletin of the California Department of Fish and Game 157:1--235.
Thomson, D. A., L. T. Findley, and A. N. Kerstitch. 1979. Reef Fishes of the Sea of Cortez. John Wiley and Sons, New York. 302 pp.
Walker, B. W., R. R. Whitney, and G. W. Barlow. 1961. Fishes of the Salton Sea. Pages 77--92 in B. W. Walker, editor. The ecology of the Salton Sea, California, in relation to the sport fishery of California. Fish Bulletin of the California Department of Fish and Game 113.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 12/5/2003 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Girella simplicidens. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=752> Revision Date: 12/5/2003
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