Specimen Information

Dorosoma cepedianum
Dorosoma cepedianum
(Gizzard Shad)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1336303
GroupFishes
GenusDorosoma
Speciescepedianum
Common NameGizzard Shad
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 forage
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
CommentsDid not occur in the upper Tennessee in 1916 (Evermann 1918); Not listed as occurring in eastern Tennessee by Evermann and Hildebrande (1916)
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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