Specimen ID | 1322436 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Lepomis |
Species | miniatus |
Common Name | Redspotted Sunfish |
State | TN |
County | Overton |
Locality | Mill Creek upstream of Standing Stone Lake. |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Upper Cumberland-Cordell Hull Reservoir |
HUC8 Number | 05130106 |
HUC10 Name | Cumberland River |
HUC10 Number | 0513010601 |
HUC12 Name | Mill Creek |
HUC12 Number | 051301060101 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 19 |
Collection Month | 9 |
Collection Year | 2015 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker with stocked fish |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 29090 |
Author: | Wellemeyer, J.C., C.R. Harty, and J.S. Perkin. |
Date: | 2016 |
Title: | Occurrence of Lepomis miniatus (Redspotted Sunfish) in the Cumberland River Basin of Tennessee |
Journal: | Southeastern Naturalist |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | N33-N36 |
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Comments | Review of previously unpublished records around Lake Barkley and Standing Stone Lake combined with collection of multiple specimens upstream and downstream of Standing Stone Lake suggest a naturalized population now exists 421 river km outside of the previously documented range. Range expansion in the Cumberland River basin is likely related to human introduction ultimately arising from stock contamination. |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | locale |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 3 |
Number Preserved | 1 |