Specimen Information

Pimephales vigilax
Pimephales vigilax
(Bullhead Minnow)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID46468
GroupFishes
GenusPimephales
Speciesvigilax
Common NameBullhead Minnow
StateWI
LocalityMenomonee River, trib of the Milwaukee River
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameMenominee
HUC8 Number04030108
Map
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Collection Year1983
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased bait
Statusfailed
Reference 1
Ref. Number:271
Author:Becker, G.C.
Date:1983
Title:Fishes of Wisconsin.
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Pages:1052 pp
Commentsno vouchers; may have been a bait bucket release or a recent immigrant via highwater connections between the Rock and Milwaukee River systems. No later reports.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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