Specimen ID | 558259 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Esox |
Species | lucius × masquinongy |
Common Name | tiger muskellunge |
State | OR |
County | Baker |
Locality | Phillips Reservoir, 12 miles southwest of Baker City on hwy 7. |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Powder |
HUC8 Number | 17050203 |
HUC10 Name | Upper Powder River |
HUC10 Number | 1705020301 |
HUC12 Name | Union Creek-Powder River |
HUC12 Number | 170502030106 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 25 |
Collection Month | 6 |
Collection Year | 2013 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | stocked |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 26312 |
Author: | The Columbia Basin Bulletin |
Date: | 2013 |
Title: | Phillips Reservoir: Oregon introduces 25,000 tiger muskie to eat perch decimating rainbow trout. |
Publisher: | The Columbia Basin Bulletin |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 28 |
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Comments | "...released 25,000 tiger muskie into east central Oregon's Phillips Reservoir in hope they'd eat down the nonnative yellow perch population that is outcompeting the local trout population." |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Stocked | 25000 |
Size | 5 inches |