Specimen Information

Esox masquinongy
Esox masquinongy
(Muskellunge)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID26399
GroupFishes
GenusEsox
Speciesmasquinongy
Common NameMuskellunge
StateAL
CountyElmore
LocalityThurlow Reservoir and in the Tallapoosa River proper below the Thurlow dam
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Tallapoosa
HUC8 Number03150110
HUC10 NameChannahatchee Creek
HUC10 Number0315011004
HUC12 NameGraveyard Creek-Mill Creek
HUC12 Number031501100406
Map
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Collection Year1992
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusstocked
Reference 1
Ref. Number:680
Author:Boschung, H.T.
Date:1992
Title:Catalog of freshwater and marine fishes of Alabama.
Journal:Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History
Volume:14
Pages:1-266
Reference 2
Ref. Number:14971
Author:Boschung, H.T., Jr., and R.L. Mayden.
Date:2004
Title:Fishes of Alabama.
Publisher:Smithsonian Books
Pages:736 pp
CommentsBoschung and Mayden say not reproducing
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordstate
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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