Specimen Information

Pimephales vigilax
Pimephales vigilax
(Bullhead Minnow)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID36156
GroupFishes
GenusPimephales
Speciesvigilax
Common NameBullhead Minnow
StateMO
CountyCedar
LocalityStockton Reservoir in SW Missouri
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameSac
HUC8 Number10290106
Map
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Collection Year1983
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker with stocked fish
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1737
Author:Pflieger, W.L.
Date:1997
Title:The fishes of Missouri.
Publisher:Missouri Department of Conservation
Pages:372 pp
Commentsprobably stocked w/ inland silversides, M. beryllina, from Lake Texoma in 1970; Cyprinella venusta was another contaminant stocked at the same time; Pflieger mentions this only in the C. venusta account, and not in the P. vigilax account.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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