Specimen Information

Ctenopharyngodon idella var. triploid
Ctenopharyngodon idella var. triploid
(Grass Carp (triploid))
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID1462916
GroupFishes
GenusCtenopharyngodon
Speciesidella
Varietytriploid
Common NameGrass Carp (triploid)
StateCT
CountyFairfield
LocalityBall Pond
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameHousatonic
HUC8 Number01100005
HUC10 NameCandlewood Lake-Housatonic River
HUC10 Number0110000506
HUC12 NameCandlewood Lake
HUC12 Number011000050601
Map
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Collection Year1997
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for biocontrol
Statusstocked
Reference 1
Ref. Number:29676
Author:June-Wells, M., T. Simpkins, A.M. Coleman, W. Henley, R. Jacobs, and P. Aarrestad.
Date:2017
Title:Seventeen years of grass carp: an examination of vegetation management and collateral impacts in Ball Pond, New Fairfield, Connecticut
Journal:Lake and Reservoir Management
Volume:33
Issue:1
Pages:84-100
CommentsStocking permitted by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to reduce Myriophyllum spicatum cover.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Stocked400


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