Specimen Information

Osmerus mordax
Osmerus mordax
(Rainbow Smelt)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1919430
GroupFishes
GenusOsmerus
Speciesmordax
Common NameRainbow Smelt
StateMI
CountyHoughton
LocalityLake Superior, at Keweenaw Waterway, MI
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameKeweenaw Peninsula
HUC8 Number04020103
HUC10 NamePortage Lake
HUC10 Number0402010303
HUC12 NameTorch Bay-Portage Lake
HUC12 Number040201030305
Map
Collection Day19
Collection Month8
Collection Year2024
Year AccuracyActual
Reference 1
Ref. Number:46623
Author:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date:2025
Title:Great Lakes Basin-Wide Early Detection Monitoring - Fish and Invertebrate Dataset
Publisher:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected2


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2026]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [3/10/2026].

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