Specimen Information

Lepomis megalotis
Lepomis megalotis
(Longear Sunfish)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1403174
GroupFishes
GenusLepomis
Speciesmegalotis
Common NameLongear Sunfish
StateMD
LocalityYoughiogheny drainage
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeHUC8
HUC8 NameYoughiogheny
HUC8 Number05020006
Map
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Collection Year1995
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwaystocked for forage | stocked misidentified
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:396
Author:Stauffer, J.R., Jr., J.M. Boltz, and L.R. White
Date:1995
Title:The fishes of West Virginia
Publisher:Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Volume:146
Pages:13-19
Reference 2
Ref. Number:28965
Author:Stauffer, J.R., Jr., R.W. Criswell, and D.P. Fischer
Date:2016
Title:The fishes of Pennsylvania
Publisher:Cichlid Press
Pages:556 pp
CommentsRegarded as native but possibly introduced; no collections prior to 1940 (Stauffer et al 2016)
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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