Specimen ID | 39428 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Alosa |
Species | pseudoharengus |
Common Name | Alewife |
State | NY |
Locality | Lake Ontario |
Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
Centroid Type | |
HUC8 Name | Lake Ontario |
HUC8 Number | 04280002 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1873 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | canal |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 98 |
Author: | Smith, C.L. |
Date: | 1985 |
Title: | The inland fishes of New York State. |
Publisher: | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |
Pages: | 522 pp |
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Comments | No evidence to support its being native to this area. Reached Lake Ontario via the Erie canal between 1819 and 1873. May have been introduced with shad in 1870. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |