| Specimen ID | 33706 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Melanotaenia |
| Species | nigrans |
| Common Name | black-banded rainbowfish |
| State | IL |
| County | Randolph |
| Locality | Mississippi River, Randolph County |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Lower Kaskaskia |
| HUC8 Number | 07140204 |
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| Collection Month | 7 |
| Collection Year | 1930 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | escaped captivity |
| Status | failed |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 717 |
| Author: | O'Donnell, D.J. |
| Date: | 1935 |
| Title: | Annotated List of the Fishes of Illinois. |
| Journal: | Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Pages: | 473-500 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 718 |
| Author: | Smith, P.W. |
| Date: | 1965 |
| Title: | A preliminary annotated list of the lampreys and fishes of Illinois. Biological Notes No. 54. |
| Publisher: | Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, IL. |
| Pages: | 12 pp |
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| Comments | presumably escaped from aquarium store upriver |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | nation |
| Verifier | Carl Hubbs |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 3 |
