Specimen Information

Lepomis cyanellus
Lepomis cyanellus
(Green Sunfish)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID165580
GroupFishes
GenusLepomis
Speciescyanellus
Common NameGreen Sunfish
StateHI
CountyKauai
Localityisland of Kauai, Westin Kauai Lagoons (Golf Course?)
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameKauai
HUC8 Number20070000
HUC10 Number2007000002
Map
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Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on aquatic plants?
Statusextirpated
Reference 1
Ref. Number:14973
Author:Yamamoto, M.N., and A.W. Tagawa.
Date:2000
Title:Hawaii's Native and Exotic Freshwater Animals.
Publisher:Mutual Publishing Company.
Pages:200 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:14969
Author:Mundy, B.C.
Date:2005
Title:Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology 6
Publisher:Bishop Museum Press
Pages:704 pp
Commentsonce abundant, but not collected in 1999 surveys; thought to be extirpated.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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