Specimen Information

Oncorhynchus mykiss
Oncorhynchus mykiss
(Rainbow Trout)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID274619
GroupFishes
GenusOncorhynchus
Speciesmykiss
Common NameRainbow Trout
StateNV
CountyClark
LocalityLake Mead
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLake Mead
HUC8 Number15010005
Map
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Collection Month3
Collection Year2011
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusstocked
Reference 1
Ref. Number:19697
Author:Reno Gazette-Journal.
Date:2011
Title:State will stop stocking trout at Lake Mead and Lake Mohave.
Publisher:Reno Gazette-Journal.
Volume:3
Issue:16
CommentsThis is the last stocking of rainbow trout into Lake Mead because quagga mussels were found in the Lake Mead Fish Hatchery
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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