Specimen Information

Dorosoma petenense
Dorosoma petenense
(Threadfin Shad)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID27871
GroupFishes
GenusDorosoma
Speciespetenense
Common NameThreadfin Shad
StateAZ
CountyMohave
LocalityLake Havasu
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameHavasu-Mohave Lakes
HUC8 Number15030101
HUC10 NameColorado River-Lake Havasu
HUC10 Number1503010107
HUC12 NameSteamboat Cove-Colorado River
HUC12 Number150301010712
Map
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Collection Year1954
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for forage
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:124
Author:Miller, R.R., and C.H. Lowe.
Date:1967
Title:Part 2: an annotated check list of the fishes of Arizona 
Publisher:University of Arizona Press
Pages:133-151
Reference 2
Ref. Number:890
Author:Shapovalov, L., W.A. Dill, and A.J. Cordone
Date:1959
Title:A revised check list of the freshwater and anadromous fishes of California.
Journal:California Fish and Game
Volume:45
Issue:3
Pages:159-180
Commentsintroduced as forage fish in 1954 and 1955, brood stock came from the Tennessee River below Watts Bar Dam; abundant in the Colorado abd successfully introduced into warm-water lakes below 5,000 feet elevation.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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