Specimen Information

Alosa aestivalis
Alosa aestivalis
(Blueback Herring)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID44987
GroupFishes
GenusAlosa
Speciesaestivalis
Common NameBlueback Herring
StateVA
Localitystate non-specific
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeState
Map
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Collection Year1980
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for forage
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:666
Author:Page, L.M., and B.M. Burr
Date:1991
Title:A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Company
Volume:42
Pages:432 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:275
Author:Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr.
Date:1980
Title:Atlas of North American freshwater fishes.
Publisher:North Carolina State Museum of Natural History
Issue:12
Pages:854 pp
Commentsreservoirs in the state
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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