Specimen Information

Micropterus cataractae
Micropterus cataractae
(Shoal Bass)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1703642
GroupFishes
GenusMicropterus
Speciescataractae
Common NameShoal Bass
StateGA
CountyBaker
LocalityIchawaynochaway creek at plantation site. Plantation site likely refers to Ichauway Plantation, which became the Joseph Jones Ecological Research Center upon the death of the creator of the plantation.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameIchawaynochaway
HUC8 Number03130009
HUC10 NameBig Cypress Creek-Ichauwaynochaway Creek
HUC10 Number0313000910
HUC12 NameGeorge Sand Pond-Ichauwaynochaway Creek
HUC12 Number031300091003
Map
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Collection Day26
Collection Month9
Collection Year1985
Year AccuracyActual
Reference 1
Ref. Number:39415
Author:Williams, J.D., and G.H. Burgess
Date:1999
Title:A new species of bass, Micropterus cataractae (Teleostei: Centrarchidae) from the Apalachicola river basin in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia
Journal:Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History
Volume:42
Issue:2
Pages:80-114
Record TypeLiterature
Museum Cat NumberUGAMNH 2399


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