Specimen Information

Oncorhynchus nerka
Oncorhynchus nerka
(Sockeye Salmon)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1459061
GroupFishes
GenusOncorhynchus
Speciesnerka
Common NameSockeye Salmon
StateUT
CountyGarfield
LocalityColorado River, Lake Powell inflow
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameUpper Lake Powell
HUC8 Number14070001
Map
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Collection Year1986
Year AccuracyEstimated
Potential Pathwaydispersed
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:882
Author:Valdez, R.A., and R.D. Williams.
Date:1993
Title:Ichthyofauna of the Colorado and Green Rivers in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Publisher:National Park Service
Pages:2-22
CommentsSpecies was not stocked in the area and is thought to have dispersed naturally from populations established much further upstream in the drainage
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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