Specimen Information

Carpiodes cyprinus
Carpiodes cyprinus
(Quillback)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID28012
GroupFishes
GenusCarpiodes
Speciescyprinus
Common NameQuillback
StateAZ
CountyMaricopa
LocalitySalt River, at Apache Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Salt
HUC8 Number15060106
HUC10 NameSalt River-Apache, Canyon, and Saguaro Lake
HUC10 Number1506010601
HUC12 NameSalt River-Apache Lake
HUC12 Number150601060103
Map
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Collection Month4
Collection Year1952
Year AccuracyActual
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
Earliest Recordnation
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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