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Raasch, M.S., and V.L. Altemus, Sr. 1991. Delaware's freshwater and brackish water fishes - a popular account. Delaware State College Center for the Study of Del-Mar-Va Habitats and the Society of Natural History of Delaware, Dover, DE.
Reference Details:
Reference Number: 85
Type: Book
Author: Raasch, M.S., and V.L. Altemus, Sr.
Date (year): 1991
Edition:
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.
Publisher Location:Dover, DE
Volume:
Pages: 166 pp
URL:
Keywords: Delaware fishes
Species Profiles and Specimens that use this Reference:

Ambloplites rupestris

    DE - Brandywine Creek, including the tidal section and its tributaries
    DE - Beaver Run, trib of Brandywine Creek
    DE - Wilson Run, trib of Brandywine Creek
    DE - Red Clay Creek, trib of Brandywine Creek
    DE - Naaman Creek, trib of Brandywine Creek
    DE - two of the Hockessin quarry pits at Hockessin
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific

Carassius auratus

    DE - Augustine Creek
    DE - Army Creek (near Dover?)
    DE - Brandywine Creek
    DE - Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
    DE - Appoquinimink River
    DE - Becks Pond [Belltown Run, NE of Glasglow]
    DE - Garrison Lake

Ctenopharyngodon idella triploid

    DE - Ingrams Pond near Millsboro
    DE - Ingrams Pond near Millsboro

Cyprinus carpio

    DE - millpond and farmpond
    DE - Como Pond
    DE - millponds and farmponds around the state
    DE - Delaware River
    DE - Coursey Pond
    DE - Garrison Lake
    DE - Haven Pond (=Haven Lake)
    DE - Killens Pond, east of Reeves Crossing
    DE - Lums Pond
    DE - Masseys Pond, near Brenford
    DE - McColley Pond, near Milvin's Crossroads
    DE - McGinnis Pond, near Lexington Mill
    DE - Millsboro Pond near Millsboro
    DE - Moores (Pond) Lake
    DE - Mud Millpond
    DE - Noxontown Lake, downstream from Wiggins Mill
    DE - Silver Pond/Lake (at Dover)
    DE - Silver Pond (all three)
    DE - Silver Pond (all three)
    DE - Tubmill Pond, Milford
    DE - Wagamons Pond, near Milton
    DE - Waples Pond, near Jefferson Crossroads

Dorosoma petenense

    DE - Coursey Pond

Esox lucius × masquinongy

    DE - Garrison Lake
    DE - Brandywine Creek, tidal portion
    DE - Brandywine Creek, tidal portion
    DE - lower Christina River
    DE - Red Lion Creek, a tributary to the Delaware River 10 miles downstream from Wilmington
    DE - Garrisons Lake
    DE - Brandywine Creek, tidal portion

Esox masquinongy

    DE - Brandywine Creek near the West Street dam in Wilmington
    DE - Brandywine Creek below first dam
    PA - both branches of Brandywine Creek
    PA - Brandywine Creek just north of the DE state line

Ictalurus punctatus

    DE - Delaware River
    DE - Nanticoke River [Location approximate, hand plotted]
    DE - Millsboro Pond near Millsboro
    DE - Millsboro Pond near Millsboro
    DE - Lake Como
    DE - Lake Como
    DE - Silver Lake at Dover
    DE - Lums Pond
    DE - state non-specific

Lepomis cyanellus

    DE - Brandywine Creek
    DE - White Clay Creek
    DE - Naaman Creek
    DE - Burrows Run, a trib. of Red Clay Creek at Ashland
    DE - Green Branch at Greenville
    PA - Delaware River near the PA/DE border
    PA - tidal portions of tributaries to the Delaware River, above the DE boundary

Micropterus dolomieu

    DE - Brandywine Creek
    DE - Brandywine Creek
    DE - Brandywine Creek
    DE - lower Red Clay Creek

Micropterus salmoides

    DE - Noxontown Lake, downstream from Wiggins Mill
    DE - Red Mill Pond
    DE - Nancy Branch near Milford

Morone americana × saxatilis

    DE - Moores (Pond) Lake
    DE - St. Jones River
    DE - Silver Lake (near St. Jones River)(Dover)

Morone chrysops

    DE - Brandywine Creek

Morone chrysops × saxatilis

    DE - Canal Pond (formed when Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was straightened)
    DE - Canal Pond (formed when Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was straightened)
    DE - Lums Pond
    DE - Canal Pond (formed when Chesapeake and Delaware Canal was straightened)
    DE - Lums Pond
    DE - Lums Pond
    DE - Millsboro Pond near Millsboro
    DE - St. Jones River
    DE - Augustine Beach
    DE - Woodland Beach
    DE - Wiggins Mill Pond, private
    DE - Noxontown Lake, downstream from Wiggins Mill

Oncorhynchus kisutch

    DE - Delaware Bay, southern end of Kent County

Oncorhynchus mykiss

    DE - Christina River
    DE - Puncheon Brook one mile south of Dover
    DE - Pemberton Branch, the feeder to Wagomons Pond
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - streams in northern part of New Castle County
    DE - White Clay Creek, Delaware section of
    DE - Christina River
    DE - Puncheon Brook one mile south of Dover
    DE - Pemberton Branch, the feeder to Wagamons Pond

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

    DE - Delaware River
    DE - Nanticoke River

Pimephales promelas

    DE - Mill Creek, near Smyrna

Pomoxis annularis

    DE - Lums Pond
    DE - Noxontown Lake, downstream from Wiggins Mill
    DE - Lake Como
    DE - Coursey Pond
    DE - McColley Pond, near Milvin's Crossroads
    DE - Voshell Pond
    DE - Wyoming Lake

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

    DE - state non-specific

Salmo trutta

    DE - streams in northern part of New Castle County
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific

Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis

    DE - Red Clay Creek, trib of Brandywine Creek

Salvelinus fontinalis

    DE - Brandywine Creek
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific

Salvelinus namaycush

    DE - Delaware River
    DE - Delaware Bay drainage

Sander vitreus

    DE - Brandywine Creek upstream of the first dam
    DE - Brandywine Creek below the first dam
    DE - confluence of Brandywine Creek and Christina River
    DE - Edge Moor Power Plant on the Delaware River at Wilmington
    DE - Brandywine Creek (tidal portion of) and Christina River near its mouth
    DE - Brandywine Creek between Market Street and the first dam
    PA - impoundments on the West Branch of Brandywine Creek
    PA - impoundments on the West Branch of Brandywine Creek
    PA - Marsh Creek Lake
    PA - Schuylkill River
    PA - Delaware River from Trenton northward
    PA - impoundments on the West Branch of Brandywine Creek
    PA - Marsh Creek Lake
    PA - Delaware River from Trenton northward

Tinca tinca

    DE - state non-specific
    DE - state non-specific
    DE - Appoquinimink River near Middletown
    MD - state non-specific

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