Specimen Information

Alosa pseudoharengus
Alosa pseudoharengus
(Alewife)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID40063
GroupFishes
GenusAlosa
Speciespseudoharengus
Common NameAlewife
StateOH
CountyLorain
LocalityLake Erie, near Vermilion and Lorain
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBlack-Rocky
HUC8 Number04110001
HUC10 NameBeaver Creek-Frontal Lake Erie
HUC10 Number0411000107
HUC12 NameQuarry Creek-Frontal Lake Erie
HUC12 Number041100010703
Map
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Collection Day27
Collection Month12
Collection Year1942
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:134
Author:Miller, R.R.
Date:1957
Title:Origin and dispersal of the alewife Alosa pseudoharengus, and the gizzard shad, Dorosoma cepedianum, in the Great Lakes.
Journal:Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Volume:86
Issue:1956
Pages:97-111
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected2


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