Specimen Information

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
(Pink Salmon)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID39885
GroupFishes
GenusOncorhynchus
Speciesgorbuscha
Common NamePink Salmon
StateOH
LocalityLake Erie
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameLake Erie
HUC8 Number04260000
Map
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Collection Month9
Collection Year1979
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayescaped captivity aquaculture
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:2
Author:Trautman, M.B.
Date:1981
Title:The fishes of Ohio.
Publisher:Ohio State University Press
Pages:782 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:760
Author:Emery, L.
Date:1981
Title:Range extention of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) into the lower Great Lakes.
Journal:Fisheries
Volume:6
Issue:2
Pages:7-10
CommentsExpanded range from initial planting in Lake Superior in 1956 into each of the Great Lakes, where it is now the only self-sustaining species of salmon.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected8-10


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