Specimen Information

Pimephales promelas
Pimephales promelas
(Fathead Minnow)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID34913
GroupFishes
GenusPimephales
Speciespromelas
Common NameFathead Minnow
StateMA
CountyHampshire
Localitypond on the Univ. of Mass., Amherst campus
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameAshuelot River-Connecticut River
HUC8 Number01080201
Map
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Collection Year1985
Year AccuracyEstimated
Potential Pathwayreleased bait
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:103
Author:Hartel, K.E.
Date:1992
Title:Non-native fishes known from Massachusetts freshwaters.
Journal:Occasional Reports of the MCZ Fish Department
Volume:2
Pages:1-9
Reference 2
Ref. Number:16076
Author:Hartel, K.E., D.B. Halliwell, and A.E. Launer.
Date:2002
Title:Inland fishes of Massachusetts.
Publisher:Massachusetts Audubon Society
Pages:328
Commentsreproducing; found in the 1980s
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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