Specimen Information

Ictiobus bubalus
Ictiobus bubalus
(Smallmouth Buffalo)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID46478
GroupFishes
GenusIctiobus
Speciesbubalus
Common NameSmallmouth Buffalo
StateWI
CountyVilas
LocalityBig Lake, Vilas County, on MI state line
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameOntonagon
HUC8 Number04020102
HUC10 NameSouth Branch Ontonagon River
HUC10 Number0402010201
HUC12 NameCisco Lake-Cisco Branch Ontonagon River
HUC12 Number040201020101
Map
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Collection Year1965
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:271
Author:Becker, G.C.
Date:1983
Title:Fishes of Wisconsin.
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Pages:1052 pp
Commentsprobably from fish rescue efforts in the 1930s and transplanted here.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordstate
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected>1


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