Specimen Information

Lepomis gulosus
Lepomis gulosus
(Warmouth)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1336171
GroupFishes
GenusLepomis
Speciesgulosus
Common NameWarmouth
StateNC
Localityupper Little Tennessee system
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameUpper Little Tennessee
HUC8 Number06010202
Map
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Collection Year1991
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:162
Author:Menhinick, E.F.
Date:1991
Title:The freshwater fishes of North Carolina
Publisher:North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Pages:227 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:29449
Author:NatureServe
Date:2008
Title:Native Fishes Database by HUCs
Publisher:NatureServe
CommentsNot native; only found in the lower TN River (Evermann 1918); Probably introduced (Menhinick 1991); Jenkins and Burkhead list as introduced to the Tennessee; Warren et al. 2000 list as native to the upper TN, but that could be downriver farther; Evermann and Hildebrand (1916) did not list this species from eastern Tennessee
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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