| Specimen ID | 38161 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Pantosteus |
| Species | plebeius |
| Common Name | Rio Grande Sucker |
| State | NM |
| County | Grant |
| Locality | Sapillo Creek (tributary of the Gila River) |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Upper Gila |
| HUC8 Number | 15040001 |
| HUC10 Name | Sapillo Creek |
| HUC10 Number | 1504000108 |
| HUC12 Name | Sheep Corral Canyon-Sapillo Creek |
| HUC12 Number | 150400010805 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1990 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | released bait |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 1 |
| Author: | Sublette, J.E., M.D. Hatch, and M. Sublette. |
| Date: | 1990 |
| Title: | The fishes of New Mexico. |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Pages: | 393 pp |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 454 |
| Author: | Buth, D.G., and C.B. Crabtree. |
| Date: | 1985 |
| Title: | A comparison of the genetic characteristics of the Zuni sucker (Catostomus discololus yarrowi), the bluehead sucker (Catostomus discobolus), and the Rio Grande sucker (Catostomus plebeius). |
| Journal: | Rept. New Mexico Dept. Game and Fish. Santa Fe, NM |
| Pages: | 34pp |
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| Comments | Uncertain if this population originated naturally via stream capture from the Mimbres River or was introduced. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
