Specimen Information

Lepomis auritus
Lepomis auritus
(Redbreast Sunfish)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1403113
GroupFishes
GenusLepomis
Speciesauritus
Common NameRedbreast Sunfish
StateAL
LocalityTennessee drainage
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameWheeler Lake
HUC8 Number06030002
Map
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Collection Year1996
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwaystocked misidentified
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1563
Author:Mettee, M.F., P.E. O'Neil, and J.M. Pierson.
Date:1996
Title:Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin.
Publisher:Oxmoor House, Inc, Birmingham, AL.
Pages:820 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:705
Author:Etnier, D.A., and W.C. Starnes.
Date:1993
Title:The fishes of Tennessee.
Publisher:The University of Tennessee Press
Pages:681 pp
CommentsNon-native (according to Etnier and Starnes 1993)
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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