Specimen Information

Pimephales promelas
Pimephales promelas
(Fathead Minnow)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID35211
GroupFishes
GenusPimephales
Speciespromelas
Common NameFathead Minnow
StateMD
LocalitySouth Branch Bear Creek at confluence w/ North Branch, Garrett County, Youghiogheny drainage
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameYoughiogheny
HUC8 Number05020006
HUC10 NameUpper Youghiogheny River
HUC10 Number0502000603
HUC12 NameBear Creek
HUC12 Number050200060302
Map
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Collection Day26
Collection Month7
Collection Year1977
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased bait
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1406
Author:Hendricks, M.L., J.R. Stauffer, Jr., C.H. Hocutt, and C.R. Gilbert
Date:1979
Title:A preliminary checklist of the fishes of the Youghiogheny River.
Journal:Chicago Academy of Sciences
Volume:203
Pages:1-15
Reference 2
Ref. Number:1819
Author:Hendricks, M.L., J.R. Stauffer, Jr., and C.H. Hocutt
Date:1983
Title:The zoogeography of the fishes of the Youghiogheny River system, Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia.
Journal:American Midland Naturalist
Volume:110
Issue:1
Pages:145-164
Commentsnative to drainage but 1st record for drainage in MD
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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