Specimen Information

Ptychocheilus grandis
Ptychocheilus grandis
(Sacramento Pikeminnow)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID28136
GroupFishes
GenusPtychocheilus
Speciesgrandis
Common NameSacramento Pikeminnow
StateCA
LocalityEel River in northern CA
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLower Eel
HUC8 Number18010105
Map
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Collection Year1979
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked illegally
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:544
Author:Swift, C.C., T.R. Haglund, M. Ruiz, and R.N. Fisher
Date:1993
Title:The status and distribution of the freshwater fishes of southern California.
Journal:Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
Volume:92
Issue:3
Pages:101-167
Reference 2
Ref. Number:571
Author:Brown, L.R., and P.B. Moyle
Date:1991
Title:Changes in habitat and microhabitat partitioning within an assemblage of stream fishes in response to predation by Sacramento squawfish (Ptychocheilus grandis).
Journal:Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Volume:48
Issue:5
Pages:849-856
Reference 3
Ref. Number:14135
Author:Harvey, B.C., J.L. White, and R.J. Nakamoto
Date:2002
Title:Habitat relationships and larval drift of native and nonindigenous fishes in neighboring tributaries of a coastal California river.
Journal:Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Volume:131
Pages:159-170
Commentsintroduced in 1979 or 1980
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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