Specimen Information

Alosa chrysochloris
Alosa chrysochloris
(Skipjack Herring)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1336275
GroupFishes
GenusAlosa
Specieschrysochloris
Common NameSkipjack Herring
StateWV
LocalityBig Sandy drainage
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeHUC8
HUC8 NameBig Sandy
HUC8 Number05070204
Map
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Collection Year1986
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:82
Author:Burr, B.M., and M.L. Warren, Jr.
Date:1986
Title:A distributional atlas of Kentucky fishes. Scientific and Technical Series No. 4.
Publisher:Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission
Pages:398 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:29449
Author:NatureServe
Date:2008
Title:Native Fishes Database by HUCs
Publisher:NatureServe
CommentsNot present in upper Cumberland as of 1916 (Evermann 1918)
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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