Specimen Information

Anguilla rostrata
Anguilla rostrata
(American Eel)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1467980
GroupFishes
GenusAnguilla
Speciesrostrata
Common NameAmerican Eel
StateUT
LocalityJordan River
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameJordan
HUC8 Number16020204
Map
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Collection Year1872
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for food
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:31634
Author:Heckmann, R.A., C.W. Thompson, and D.A. White
Date:1981
Title:Fishes of Utah Lake
Journal:Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs
Volume:5
Issue:8
Pages:107-127
CommentsStocked in unspecified pond on Jordan River in 1872; stocked again in the Jordan River 1887
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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