Specimen Information

Esox americanus vermiculatus
Esox americanus vermiculatus
(Grass Pickerel)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID238768
GroupFishes
GenusEsox
Speciesamericanus
Subspeciesvermiculatus
Common NameGrass Pickerel
StateWA
CountyWhitman
LocalityRock Creek
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameRock
HUC8 Number17060109
Map
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Collection Year1890
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13708
Author:Wydoski, R.S., and R.R. Whitney.
Date:2003
Title:Inland Fishes of Washington. Second Edition.
Publisher:American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle.
Pages:322 pp
Comments"Year unknown; introduced unsuccessfully into CA (early 1890's); afterward introduced successfullly into central Ontario, northern WI, CO and WA; may have been introduced with mixed warmwater species sometime between the 1870's throughout the 1920's from salvage operation by the US. fish commission."
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordstate
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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