Specimen Information

Lepomis gulosus
Lepomis gulosus
(Warmouth)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID42342
GroupFishes
GenusLepomis
Speciesgulosus
Common NameWarmouth
StatePR
CountyGuayama
LocalityCarite Reservoir
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameEastern Puerto Rico
HUC8 Number21010005
HUC10 NameRio de la Plata Watershed
HUC10 Number2101000507
HUC12 NameRio de la Plata at Lago Carite Dam
HUC12 Number210100050701
Map
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Collection Day16
Collection Month8
Collection Year1971
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker with stocked fish
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:1873
Author:Erdman, D.S.
Date:1984
Title:Exotic fishes in Puerto Rico.
Publisher:John Hopkins University Press
Pages:162-176
Commentsprobably a contaminant from a 1916 stocking; the stock was said to contain rockbass - none were ever collected; may have been warmouth instead
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordstate
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1
Size121 mm TL


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