Specimen Information

Etheostoma caeruleum
Etheostoma caeruleum
(Rainbow Darter)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1422349
GroupFishes
GenusEtheostoma
Speciescaeruleum
Common NameRainbow Darter
StateWV
CountyPendleton
LocalitySouth Branch Potomac drainage
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeHUC8
HUC8 NameSouth Branch Potomac
HUC8 Number02070001
Map
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Collection Year1977
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased bait
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1851
Author:Stauffer, J.R., Jr., C.H. Hocutt, and D.S. Lee
Date:1978
Title:The zoogeography of the freshwater fishes of the Potomac River basin
Publisher:Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
Pages:44-54
Reference 2
Ref. Number:26824
Author:Cessna, J.F., R.L. Raesly, J.V. Kilian, D.A. Cincotta, and R.H. Hilderbrand
Date:2014
Title:Rapid colonization of the Potomac River drainage by the Rainbow Darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) following introduction
Journal:Northeastern Naturalist
Volume:21
Issue:1
Pages:1-11
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recorddrainage
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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