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Xiphophorus maculatus

Gold Twinbar Platy

Introduced to Hawaiʻifreshwater

(Günther, 1866)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 862549 ↗

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2

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1939

First collected

1998

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Xiphophorus maculatus, most mentions first.

  1. 2000

    Biodiversity of freshwater and estuarine communities in lower Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii with observations on introduced species

    Englund, R.A., D.J. Preston, R. Wolff, S.L. Coles, L.G. Eldredge & K. Arakaki · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages

  2. 2003

    Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu stream estuary study

    Englund, R.A., D.J. Preston & K.T. Arakaki · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  3. 2002

    Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

  4. 1998

    Biological assessment and the effects of water withdrawls on Waikele Stream, Oahu, Aquatic biota

    Englund, R. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1930s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1939 by G.B. Mainland (Oʻahu).