Specimen Information

Alosa pseudoharengus
Alosa pseudoharengus
(Alewife)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID35523
GroupFishes
GenusAlosa
Speciespseudoharengus
Common NameAlewife
StateMI
CountyAllegan
LocalityLake Michigan, 12 mi WNW of South Haven
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLake Michigan
HUC8 Number04190000
Map
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Collection Day22
Collection Month12
Collection Year1953
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:134
Author:Miller, R.R.
Date:1957
Title:Origin and dispersal of the alewife Alosa pseudoharengus, and the gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, in the Great Lakes.
Journal:Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Volume:86
Issue:1956
Pages:97-111
Commentscollected from 32 fathoms
Record TypeSpecimen
Museum Cat NumberUMMZ 166514
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected2
Size180-188 mm SL


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