| Specimen ID | 163651 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Osmerus |
| Species | mordax |
| Common Name | Rainbow Smelt |
| State | ME |
| Locality | state non-specific |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | State |
| HUC8 Name | New England Region |
| HUC8 Number | 01000000 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 2003 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for forage |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 13692 |
| Author: | Halliwell, D.B. |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Title: | Introduced Fish in Maine. |
| Pages: | 12 p. |
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| Comments | Established in landlocked populations both from legal forage fish stocking and illegal transplants. stocked in inland waters throughout the state. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Specimen Impact | Impacted native brook trout fisheries and has led to serious decline of lake whitefish in many northern Maine lakes. |
