Specimen Information

Alosa sapidissima
Alosa sapidissima
(American Shad)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID39720
GroupFishes
GenusAlosa
Speciessapidissima
Common NameAmerican Shad
StateNY
LocalityLake Ontario
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameLake Ontario
HUC8 Number04280002
Map
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Collection Year1870
Year AccuracyEstimated
Potential Pathwaystocked for food
Statusfailed
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1730
Author:Smith, S.H.
Date:1970
Title:Species interactions of the alewife in the Great Lakes.
Journal:Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Volume:99
Issue:4
Pages:754-765
Commentsstock contamination of this stocking may have been source of alewifes
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordnation
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Stocked80000
Year Classfry


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