Specimen Information

Menidia audens
Menidia audens
(Mississippi Silverside)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1422280
GroupFishes
GenusMenidia
Speciesaudens
Common NameMississippi Silverside
StateTN
CountyBenton
LocalityTennessee River, Big Sandy River
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameKentucky Lake
HUC8 Number06040005
HUC10 NameLower Big Sandy River
HUC10 Number0604000507
HUC12 NameOutlet Big Sandy River
HUC12 Number060400050704
Map
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Collection Year2001
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaydispersed
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:30844
Author:Tennessee Valley Authority
Date:2013
Title:Menidia audens collections by TVA
Reference 2
Ref. Number:26345
Author:Simmons, J.W.
Date:2013
Title:Chronology of the invasion of the Tennessee and Cumberland River systems by the Mississippi Silverside, Menidia audens, with analysis of the subsequent decline of the Brook Silverside, Labidesthes sicculus
Journal:Copeia
Volume:2013
Issue:2
Pages:292-302
Record TypeSpecimen
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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