Specimen Information

Hypentelium nigricans
Hypentelium nigricans
(Northern Hog Sucker)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID34929
GroupFishes
GenusHypentelium
Speciesnigricans
Common NameNorthern Hog Sucker
StateMA
CountyHampshire
Localityoutlet stream below North Hadley Ponds, Hadley, tributary of the Connecticut River
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameAshuelot River-Connecticut River
HUC8 Number01080201
Map
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Collection Day11
Collection Month11
Collection Year1953
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased bait
Statusfailed
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
Reference 2
Ref. Number:704
Author:Cardoza, J.E., G.S. Jones, T.W. French, and D.B. Halliwell.
Date:1993
Title:Exotic and translocated vertebrates of Massachusetts. Fauna of Massachusetts Series No. 6.
Publisher:Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Pages:95 pp
Reference 3
Ref. Number:16076
Author:Hartel, K.E., D.B. Halliwell, and A.E. Launer.
Date:2002
Title:Inland fishes of Massachusetts.
Publisher:Massachusetts Audubon Society
Pages:328
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recordnation
DisposalCornell University
Museum Cat NumberCU 44587
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1
Size98 mm


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