Specimen Information

Anguilla rostrata
Anguilla rostrata
(American Eel)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID275149
GroupFishes
GenusAnguilla
Speciesrostrata
Common NameAmerican Eel
StateMI
CountyAlger
LocalityLake Superior at mouth of Beaver Lake Creek, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBetsy-Chocolay
HUC8 Number04020201
HUC10 NameHurricane River-Frontal Lake Superior
HUC10 Number0402020105
HUC12 NameBear Creek-Frontal Lake Superior
HUC12 Number040202010505
Map
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Collection Year1957
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:271
Author:Becker, G.C.
Date:1983
Title:Fishes of Wisconsin.
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Pages:1052 pp
CommentsCited as "Moore and Braem 1965"
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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