Specimen Information

Platichthys flesus
Platichthys flesus
(European flounder)
Marine Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID1337379
GroupMarine Fishes
GenusPlatichthys
Speciesflesus
Common NameEuropean flounder
StateMI
CountyHoughton
LocalityKeweenaw Peninsula
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameKeweenaw Peninsula
HUC8 Number04020103
Map
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Collection Year1981
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water
Statusfailed
Reference 1
Ref. Number:16431
Author:Bronte, C.R., M.P. Ebener, D.R. Schreiner, D.S. DeVault, M.M. Petzold, D.A. Jensen, C. Richards, and S.J. Lorenzo
Date:2003
Title:Fish community change in Lake Superior, 1970-2000.
Journal:Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Issue:60
Pages:1552-1574
CommentsEarliest Record in Keweenaw Peninsula
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recorddrainage
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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