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NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species |
Common Name: rock wrasse
Identification: Miller and Lea (1972); Thomson et al. (1979); Eschmeyer et al. (1983).
Size: 24 cm.
Native Range: Marine; Pt. Conception, California, to Guadalupe Island
(off north-central Baja) and Gulf of California (Ramirez-Hernández and Gonzales
Pages 1976; Eschmeyer et al. 1983).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Introduced into Salton Sea, California, in 1951 (Walker et al. 1961; Dill and Cordone 1997).
Means of Introduction: Intentionally stocked. Only two 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.
Eschmeyer, W. N., E. S. Herald, and H. Hamann. 1983. A field guide to Pacific Coast fishes of North America. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA.
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.
Ramirez-Hernández, E. and A. Gonzales Pages. 1976. Catalogo de peces marinos Mexicanos. Mexico, D. F.: Secretaría de Industia y Comercio, Instituto Nacional de Pesca. 462 pp.
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. Halichoeres semicinctus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=753> Revision Date: 12/5/2003
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