Specimen Information

Lucania goodei
Lucania goodei
(Bluefin Killifish)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID42577
GroupFishes
GenusLucania
Speciesgoodei
Common NameBluefin Killifish
StateSC
CountyCharleston
LocalityCooper River, lower portion near Charleston
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCooper
HUC8 Number03050201
HUC10 NameCooper River
HUC10 Number0305020107
HUC12 NameLower Cooper River
HUC12 Number030502010707
Map
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Collection Year1975
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:275
Author:Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr.
Date:1980
Title:Atlas of North American freshwater fishes.
Publisher:North Carolina State Museum of Natural History
Issue:12
Pages:854 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:666
Author:Page, L.M., and B.M. Burr
Date:1991
Title:A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Company
Volume:42
Pages:432 pp
Reference 3
Ref. Number:1418
Author:Christie, R.W., and T.A. Curtis
Date:1983
Title:Establishment of bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei, in Cooper River, South Carolina
Journal:Georgia Journal of Science
Volume:41
Issue:3
Pages:91-92
Commentsprobably introduced. see Loyacano 1975. Bull. South Carolina Exp. Stat. 580:1-8.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordnation
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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