Specimen Information

Lota lota
Lota lota
(Burbot)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID164877
GroupFishes
GenusLota
Specieslota
Common NameBurbot
StateWY
CountySweetwater
LocalityBig Sandy Reservoir
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBig Sandy
HUC8 Number14040104
HUC10 NameUpper Big Sandy River
HUC10 Number1404010401
HUC12 NameBig Sandy Reservoir-Big Sandy River
HUC12 Number140401040112
Map
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Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked illegally
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:14960
Author:Associated Press.
Date:2005
Title:'Bucket biologists' can devastate trout fisheries.
Publisher:Billings Gazette
Issue:November 1
Commentsfirst record for drainage
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recorddrainage
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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