| Specimen ID | 34838 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Osmerus |
| Species | mordax |
| Common Name | Rainbow Smelt |
| State | LA |
| Locality | Mississippi River, LA |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | |
| HUC8 Name | Lower Mississippi-Baton Rouge |
| HUC8 Number | 08070100 |
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| Collection Day | 7 |
| Collection Month | 12 |
| Collection Year | 1979 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for forage |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 709 |
| Author: | Mayden, R.L., F.B. Cross, and O.T. Gorman |
| Date: | 1987 |
| Title: | Distributional history of the rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax (Salmoniformes: Osmeridae), in the Mississippi River Basin. |
| Journal: | Copeia |
| Volume: | 1987 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 1051-1054 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 1404 |
| Author: | Suttkus, R.D., and J.V. Conner |
| Date: | 1980 |
| Title: | The rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, in the lower Mississipi River near St. Francisville, Louisiana. |
| Journal: | American Midland Naturalist |
| Volume: | 104 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 394 |
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| Comments | 2 specimens collected. |
| Record Type | Specimen |
| Disposal | Tulane University |
| Museum Cat Number | TU 115700 |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 2 |
| Size | 65 & 50 mm SL |
| Number of Juveniles | 2 |
