Specimen Information

Alosa pseudoharengus
Alosa pseudoharengus
(Alewife)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID42162
GroupFishes
GenusAlosa
Speciespseudoharengus
Common NameAlewife
StatePA
CountyErie
LocalityLake Erie
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameLake Erie
HUC8 Number04260000
Map
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Collection Year1931
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:74
Author:Eddy, S., and J.C. Underhill.
Date:1974
Title:Northern fishes, with special reference to the upper Mississippi Valley. 3rd edition.
Publisher:University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN.
Pages:414 pp
Commentsexpanded from Lake Ontario through the Welland Canal.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordstate
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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