Specimen Information

Esox lucius × masquinongy
Esox lucius × masquinongy
(tiger muskellunge)
Fishes
Native Hybrid

Specimen ID31055
GroupFishes
GenusEsox
Specieslucius × masquinongy
Common Nametiger muskellunge
StateDE
CountyKent
LocalityGarrison Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBroadkill-Smyrna
HUC8 Number02040207
HUC10 NameLeipsic River-Delaware Bay
HUC10 Number0204020702
HUC12 NameUpper Leipsic River
HUC12 Number020402070201
Map
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Collection Year1977
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for biocontrol
Statusfailed
Reference 1
Ref. Number:85
Author:Raasch, M.S., and V.L. Altemus, Sr.
Date:1991
Title:Delaware's freshwater and brackish water fishes - a popular account.
Publisher:Delaware State College Center for the Study of Del-Mar-Va Habitats and the Society of Natural History of Delaware.
Pages:166 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:17267
Author:Raasch, M.S.
Date:2007
Title:Delaware's Freshwater and Brackish-Water Fishes.
Publisher:Delaware Nature Society.
Pages:179 pp
Commentsstocked 1977-1979; stocked to control carp and gizzard shad; not seen since
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Stocked350/yr


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