| Specimen ID | 156434 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Hypophthalmichthys |
| Species | nobilis |
| Common Name | Bighead Carp |
| Country | Canada |
| State | ON |
| Locality | Lake Erie immediately west of Point Pelee in shallow waters |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Lake Erie |
| HUC8 Number | 04260000 |
| Map | |
| Collection Day | 16 |
| Collection Month | 10 |
| Collection Year | 2000 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | escaped captivity aquaculture |
| Status | unknown |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 13976 |
| Author: | Morrison, B.J., J.C. Casselman, T.B. Johnson, and D.L. Noakes |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Title: | New Asian Carp Genus (Hypophthalmichthys) in Lake Erie. |
| Journal: | Fisheries |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| Pages: | 6, 7, 44 |
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| Comments | see photo in Fisheries paper. Note: Fisheries paper states that specimen is archived at Royal Ontario Museum, but no accession number can be found. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | nation |
| Verifier | Dr. David Noakes, U. of Guelph |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 1 |
| Size | 17.5 kg/937 mm |
| Photo | |
