Specimen Information

Esox masquinongy
Esox masquinongy
(Muskellunge)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID34909
GroupFishes
GenusEsox
Speciesmasquinongy
Common NameMuskellunge
StateMA
Localitystate non-specific
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeState
HUC8 NameNew England Region
HUC8 Number01000000
Map
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Collection Year1969
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker with stocked fish
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:103
Author:Hartel, K.E.
Date:1992
Title:Non-native fishes known from Massachusetts freshwaters.
Journal:Occasional Reports of the MCZ Fish Department
Volume:2
Pages:1-9
CommentsOnly one or two records of a single fish, each probably released inadvertently with other stocks during the late 1960's or 1970's.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordstate
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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