Specimen ID | 40142 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Lepomis |
Species | humilis |
Common Name | Orangespotted Sunfish |
State | OH |
County | Mercer |
Locality | Lake St. Marys (=Grand Lake), Lake Erie drainage |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Upper Wabash |
HUC8 Number | 05120101 |
HUC10 Name | Grand Lake-St Marys |
HUC10 Number | 0512010102 |
HUC12 Name | Grand Lake-St Marys |
HUC12 Number | 051201010204 |
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Collection Year | 1929 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | stocked for sport |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 2 |
Author: | Trautman, M.B. |
Date: | 1981 |
Title: | The fishes of Ohio. |
Publisher: | Ohio State University Press |
Pages: | 782 pp |
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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 |
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Comments | expanded eastward across Indiana due to changing habitat. Common in Wabash system by 1920. Surmounted spillway between Wabash system and Grand (St. Mary's) Lake in 1929 (probably aided by humans). Invaded Maumee River. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |