Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Berkeley/CA/San Francisco Bay
Geographic Extent
Berkeley Aquatic Park, Berkeley/CA/San Francisco Bay (1958, Hubbs and Miller 1965); Richmond/CA/Richmond Tidal Slough (1958, Hubbs and Miller 1965, 37 55 N, 122 20 W); Marin County/CA/Corte Madera Creek (1958, Hubbs and Miller 1965); Oakland/CA/Lake Merritt (1961, Hubbs and Miller 1965); Palo Alto/CA/South San Francisco Bay (1962, Hubbs and Miller 1965); CA/Suisun Marsh (1999, Matern et al. 2002); CA/Sonoma Creek, San Pablo Bay marshes (1963, Leidy 2007); lCA/lower reaches of 25 San Francisco Bay tributaries (Leidy 2007); Eden Landing Salt Pond complex, South San Francisco Bay (Mejia et al. 2008); Alviso Salt Pond complex , South San Francisco Bay (Mejia et al. 2008)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Probable | Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster) |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Predation | |
| Several extirpations of tidewater gobies in the San Francisco Bay area followed the invasion of rainwater killifish (Lucania parva) Hubbs & Miller 1965; Leidy 1984) and yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus); Brittan et al. 1970).' (Lafferty et al. 1999) | ||
| Ecological Impact | Competition | |
| cboIMP_Impact txtIMP_Type IMP_Comments Predation Ecological Impact Several extirpations of tidewater gobies in the San Francisco Bay area followed the invasion of rainwater killifish (Lucania parva) Hubbs & Miller 1965; Leidy 1984) and yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus); Brittan et al. 1970).' (Lafferty et al. 1999) | ||