| Specimen ID | 35957 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Alosa |
| Species | pseudoharengus |
| Common Name | Alewife |
| State | MN |
| Locality | Lake Superior |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Lake Superior |
| HUC8 Number | 04180000 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1985 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | stocked escaped |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 460 |
| Author: | Emery, L. |
| Date: | 1985 |
| Title: | Review of fish introduced into the Great Lakes, 1819-1974. Technical Report No. 45. |
| Publisher: | Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| Pages: | 31 pp |
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| Comments | Means of introduction uncertain. May have migrated up the Hudson River to the Erie Canal and then into Lake Ontario as early as 1819. First reported in Lake Erie in 1931 after the Welland Canal was built. Spread rapidly to other Great Lakes. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
