Specimen Information

Alosa pseudoharengus
Alosa pseudoharengus
(Alewife)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID35693
GroupFishes
GenusAlosa
Speciespseudoharengus
Common NameAlewife
StateMN
CountyLake
LocalityLake Superior, off Two Harbors.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBeaver-Lester
HUC8 Number04010102
HUC10 NameStewart River-Frontal Lake Superior
HUC10 Number0401010206
HUC12 NameCity of Two Harbors-Frontal Lake Superior
HUC12 Number040101020605
Map
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Collection Day13
Collection Month2
Collection Year1956
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 TypeLiterature
VerifierHale, John G. and Samuel Eddy
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1
Year Classadult


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