Specimen Information

Acipenser transmontanus
Acipenser transmontanus
(White Sturgeon)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID161138
GroupFishes
GenusAcipenser
Speciestransmontanus
Common NameWhite Sturgeon
StateCA
CountyOrange
LocalityIrvine Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSanta Ana
HUC8 Number18070203
HUC10 NameSantiago Creek
HUC10 Number1807020309
HUC12 NameLower Santiago Creek
HUC12 Number180702030902
Map
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Collection Month9
Collection Year1987
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:544
Author:Swift, C.C., T.R. Haglund, M. Ruiz, and R.N. Fisher
Date:1993
Title:The status and distribution of the freshwater fishes of southern California.
Journal:Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
Volume:92
Issue:3
Pages:101-167
Reference 2
Ref. Number:13709
Author:Moyle, P.B.
Date:2002
Title:Inland fishes of California.
Publisher:University of California Press
Pages:502 pp.
Commentslarge individuals are occasionally caught; originally stocked to eat dead Klamath Roach
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recorddrainage
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Stocked>200


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