Specimen Information

Noturus insignis
Noturus insignis
(Margined Madtom)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID39410
GroupFishes
GenusNoturus
Speciesinsignis
Common NameMargined Madtom
StateNY
LocalityOswego River system, streams and lakes
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameOswego
HUC8 Number04140203
Map
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Collection Year1928
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
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
Reference 2
Ref. Number:703
Author:Mills, E.L., J.H. Leach, J.T. Carlton, and C.L. Secor
Date:1993
Title:Exotic species in the Great Lakes: a history of biotic crises and anthropogenic introductions
Journal:Journal of Great Lakes Research
Volume:19
Issue:1
Pages:1-54
CommentsIntroduction was apparently accidental and occurred when a Susquehanna stream was diverted into the Oswego drainage.
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierGreeley and Eaton
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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