Osmerus mordax
Osmerus mordax
(Rainbow Smelt)
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18 results for Osmerus mordax (Rainbow Smelt)
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Specimen IDStateCountyLocalityYear HUC Number What's this? Drainage nameStatus
1758528 NY Cayuga Lake1919 04140201 Seneca 
1758529 NY Cayuga Lake1920 04140201 Seneca 
39601 NY Finger Lakes1980 04140201 Senecaestablished
875671 NYCayugaCross Lake at sampling station F10G1994 04140201 Senecaestablished
875668 NYCayugaCross Lake at sampling station F14G1994 04140201 Senecaestablished
875618 NYCayugaCross Lake at sampling station F15G1994 04140201 Senecaestablished
1758530 NYCayugaOwasco Lake1918 04140201 Seneca 
1758531 NYCayugaOwasco Lake1924 04140201 Seneca 
1758532 NYCayugaOwasco Lake1925 04140201 Seneca 
1758533 NYCayugaOwasco Lake1927 04140201 Seneca 
1758534 NYOnondagaSkaneateles Lake1924 04140201 Seneca 
1758535 NYOnondagaSkaneateles Lake1927 04140201 Seneca 
1758525 NYOntarioCanandaigua Lake1917 04140201 Seneca 
1758526 NYOntarioCanandaigua Lake1925 04140201 Seneca 
1758527 NYOntarioCanandaigua Lake1928 04140201 Seneca 
613777 NYTompkins[No locality string in original GBIF record]1946 04140201 Senecaestablished
613776 NYTompkins[No locality string in original GBIF record]1976 04140201 Senecaestablished
613775 NYTompkinsSalmon Creek at Myers on Cayuga Lake.1950 04140201 Senecaestablished

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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2025]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [12/9/2025].

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