Specimen Information

Carpiodes cyprinus
Carpiodes cyprinus
(Quillback)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID28011
GroupFishes
GenusCarpiodes
Speciescyprinus
Common NameQuillback
StateAZ
CountyGila
LocalityRoosevelt Lake on Salt River
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Salt
HUC8 Number15060103
HUC10 NameSalt River-Theodore Roosevelt Lake
HUC10 Number1506010309
HUC12 NameCottonwood Creek-Salt River
HUC12 Number150601030910
Map
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Collection Year1967
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker with stocked fish
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:124
Author:Miller, R.R., and C.H. Lowe.
Date:1967
Title:Part 2: an annotated check list of the fishes of Arizona 
Publisher:University of Arizona Press
Pages:133-151
Commentspossibly introduced when Ictiobus cyprinellus eggs were planted in 1918 in Roosevelt Lake by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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