Specimen Information

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
(Chinook Salmon)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID279554
GroupFishes
GenusOncorhynchus
Speciestshawytscha
Common NameChinook Salmon
LocalityLake Michigan
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameLake Michigan
HUC8 Number04190000
Map
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Collection Year1873
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:703
Author:Mills, E.L., J.H. Leach, J.T. Carlton, and C.L. Secor
Date:1993
Title:Exotic species in the Great Lakes: a history of biotic crises and anthropogenic introductions
Journal:Journal of Great Lakes Research
Volume:19
Issue:1
Pages:1-54
Reference 2
Ref. Number:460
Author:Emery, L.
Date:1985
Title:Review of fish introduced into the Great Lakes, 1819-1974. Technical Report No. 45.
Publisher:Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, MI.
Pages:31 pp
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recorddrainage
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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