Specimen Information

Prosopium gemmifer
Prosopium gemmifer
(Bonneville Cisco)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID139684
GroupFishes
GenusProsopium
Speciesgemmifer
Common NameBonneville Cisco
StateCA
CountyPlacer/El Dorado
LocalityLake Tahoe
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLake Tahoe
HUC8 Number16050101
Map
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Collection Year1964
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusfailed
Reference 1
Ref. Number:274
Author:Shapovalov, L., A.J. Cordone, and W.A. Dill
Date:1981
Title:A list of freshwater and anadromous fishes of California.
Journal:California Fish and Game
Volume:67
Issue:1
Pages:4-38
Comments205,000 green eggs, 3,000 eyed eggs and alevins, and 15, 888 ripe adults were released in Lake Tahoe over 3 years, none are known to have survived.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Stocked16000


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