Specimen Information

Esox masquinongy
Esox masquinongy
(Muskellunge)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID31074
GroupFishes
GenusEsox
Speciesmasquinongy
Common NameMuskellunge
StateDE
CountyNew Castle
LocalityBrandywine Creek below first dam
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBrandywine-Christina
HUC8 Number02040205
HUC10 NameBrandywine Creek
HUC10 Number0204020504
HUC12 NameLower Brandywine Creek
HUC12 Number020402050403
Map
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Collection Year1967
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusfailed
Reference 1
Ref. Number:85
Author:Raasch, M.S., and V.L. Altemus, Sr.
Date:1991
Title:Delaware's freshwater and brackish water fishes - a popular account.
Publisher:Delaware State College Center for the Study of Del-Mar-Va Habitats and the Society of Natural History of Delaware.
Pages:166 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:17267
Author:Raasch, M.S.
Date:2007
Title:Delaware's Freshwater and Brackish-Water Fishes.
Publisher:Delaware Nature Society.
Pages:179 pp
Commentsstocked in PA
Record TypeLiterature
Disposalreleased
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected2
Size3-4 lbs; 26.5 and 28.2"
Number Released2


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