Specimen Information

Leuciscus idus
Leuciscus idus
(Ide)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID35335
GroupFishes
GenusLeuciscus
Speciesidus
Common NameIde
StateME
CountyPenobscot
Localityfarm pond with an intermittent outlet that runs off into the woods without a defined channel (this was given for location; but based on other sources may refer to a pond in Holden)
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NamePenobscot River
HUC8 Number01020005
Map
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Collection Month5
Collection Year1983
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statuseradicated
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13692
Author:Halliwell, D.B.
Date:2003
Title:Introduced Fish in Maine.
Pages:12 p.
Reference 2
Ref. Number:666
Author:Page, L.M., and B.M. Burr
Date:1991
Title:A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Company
Volume:42
Pages:432 pp
CommentsIt is unlikely there was any successful escapement from this pond. Orfes purchased from William Tricker, Inc., 74 Allendale Ave, Saddle River, NJ in April 1977. Also advertised by Slocum Water Gardens, 101 Cypress Gardens Rd., Winter Haven, FL 33880
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordlocale
VerifierDr. John Stanley, Coop. Res. Unit at U of Maine
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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