Specimen Information

Etheostoma caeruleum
Etheostoma caeruleum
(Rainbow Darter)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1447110
GroupFishes
GenusEtheostoma
Speciescaeruleum
Common NameRainbow Darter
StateWV
CountyGrant
LocalityGrant County
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSouth Branch Potomac
HUC8 Number02070001
HUC10 NameLunice Creek
HUC10 Number0207000102
HUC12 NameHeadwaters Lunice Creek
HUC12 Number020700010201
Map
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Collection Day20
Collection Month8
Collection Year1997
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaydispersed
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:29152
Author:National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Date:2016
Title:NMNH Extant Specimen and Observation Records
Publisher:National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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 TypeSpecimen
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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