Specimen Information

Oncorhynchus nerka
Oncorhynchus nerka
(Sockeye Salmon)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID290583
GroupFishes
GenusOncorhynchus
Speciesnerka
Common NameSockeye Salmon
StateAR
LocalityBull Shoals Lake [White River]
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameBull Shoals Lake
HUC8 Number11010003
Map
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Collection Year1969
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusfailed
Reference 1
Ref. Number:24873
Author:Buchanan, T.M., J. Smith, D. Saul, J. Farwick, T. Burnley, M. Oliver, and K. Shirley
Date:2000
Title:New Arkansas records for two nonindigenous fish species, with a summary of previous introductions of nonnative fishes in Arkansas.
Journal:Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Volume:54
Pages:143-145
CommentsThis species was stocked in the mid-1960s upriver in Missouri's Lake Taneycomo.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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