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NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species |
Common Name: delta smelt
Identification: Moyle (1976a); Page and Burr (1991).
Size: 20 cm.
Native Range: Sacramento-San Joaquin delta region of central California (Page and Burr 1991).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Introduced into Willard Bay Reservoir, Utah, in 1982 (Sigler and Sigler 1987).
Means of Introduction: Intentionally stocked as forage (Sigler and Sigler 1987).
Status: Extirpated (Sigler and Sigler 1996).
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: None.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 12/5/2003 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Hypomesus transpacificus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=795> Revision Date: 12/5/2003
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