Specimen Information

Plagopterus argentissimus
Plagopterus argentissimus
(Woundfin)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID27762
GroupFishes
GenusPlagopterus
Speciesargentissimus
Common NameWoundfin
StateAZ
CountyMaricopa
LocalityHassayampa River, a Gila River tributary
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameHassayampa
HUC8 Number15070103
HUC10 NameLower Hassayampa River
HUC10 Number1507010305
HUC12 NameRoberts Well-Hassayampa River
HUC12 Number150701030507
Map
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Collection Month2
Collection Year1972
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for conservation
Statusextirpated
Reference 1
Ref. Number:781
Author:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Date:1984
Title:Recovery plan for woundfin (Plagopterus argentissiumus) Cope.
Publisher:USFWS, Albuquerque, NM.
Pages:74 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:796
Author:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date:1994
Title:Virgin River fishes recovery plan
Publisher:US Fish and Wildlife Service, Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:45 pp
Commentsstocked prior to 1972, reproduced that (1972) summer, extirpated by the flood of Sept. 1972
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Stocked500


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