Specimen Information

Alosa pseudoharengus
Alosa pseudoharengus
(Alewife)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID35386
GroupFishes
GenusAlosa
Speciespseudoharengus
Common NameAlewife
StateMI
CountyChippewa
LocalityLake Superior, off Pendill's Creek
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameWaiska
HUC8 Number04020203
HUC10 NameAnkodosh Creek-Frontal Lake Superior
HUC10 Number0402020301
HUC12 NameNaomikong Creek-Frontal Lake Superior
HUC12 Number040202030103
Map
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Collection Day25
Collection Month9
Collection Year1954
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:134
Author:Miller, R.R.
Date:1957
Title:Origin and dispersal of the alewife Alosa pseudoharengus, and the gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, in the Great Lakes.
Journal:Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Volume:86
Issue:1956
Pages:97-111
Record TypeSpecimen
Museum Cat NumberUMMZ 167872
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1
Size168 mm SL


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