Specimen Information

Esox niger
Esox niger
(Chain Pickerel)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID268860
GroupFishes
GenusEsox
Speciesniger
Common NameChain Pickerel
StateVA
LocalityNew drainage (Kanawha above the falls)
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameKanawha
HUC8 Number05050000
Map
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Collection Year1986
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1662
Author:Hocutt, C.H., R.E. Jenkins, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr.
Date:1986
Title:Zoogeography of the fishes of the central Appalachians and central Atlantic coastal plain.
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons
Pages:161-212
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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