Specimen Information

Cyprinella galactura
Cyprinella galactura
(Whitetail Shiner)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID45181
GroupFishes
GenusCyprinella
Speciesgalactura
Common NameWhitetail Shiner
StateVA
LocalityNew drainage below Claytor dam
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameUpper New
HUC8 Number05050001
Map
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Collection Year1955
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased bait
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:706
Author:Jenkins, R.E., and N.M. Burkhead.
Date:1994
Title:Freshwater fishes of Virginia.
Publisher:American Fisheries Society
Pages:1079 pp
Commentsstream capture from North Fork Holston originally suggested, but not found above dam which contradicts this hypothesis
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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