Specimen Information

Notropis boops
Notropis boops
(Bigeye Shiner)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1322284
GroupFishes
GenusNotropis
Speciesboops
Common NameBigeye Shiner
StateWV
CountyRitchie
LocalitySouth Fork Hughes River at the mouth of Laurel Run along Co. Rt. 32 approx. 2 km W of MacFarlan, Ritchie Co., West Virginia
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLittle Kanawha
HUC8 Number05030203
Map
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Collection Day15
Collection Month7
Collection Year2001
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:29046
Author:Welsh, S.A., D.A. Cincotta, and R.L. Raesly
Date:2014
Title:First record of Bigeye Shiner (Notropis boops) from West Virginia
Journal:The American Midland Naturalist
Volume:172
Issue:2
Pages:372-375
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordlocale
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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