| Specimen ID | 39541 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Osmerus |
| Species | mordax |
| Common Name | Rainbow Smelt |
| State | NY |
| Locality | Lake Ontario |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | |
| HUC8 Name | Lake Ontario |
| HUC8 Number | 04280002 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1929 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked escaped |
| 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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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 772 |
| Author: | Christie, W.J. |
| Date: | 1974 |
| Title: | Changes in the fish species composition of the Great Lakes. |
| Journal: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Pages: | 827-854 |
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| Comments | First reports. Could be native or introduced from either the Welland Canal or the Finger Lakes via the Seneca-Cayuga, Erie and Oswego Canals. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | nation |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
