Specimen Information

Luxilus albeolus
Luxilus albeolus
(White Shiner)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID45538
GroupFishes
GenusLuxilus
Speciesalbeolus
Common NameWhite Shiner
StateVA
LocalityNew drainage
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameKanawha
HUC8 Number05050000
Map
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Collection Year1980
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwayreleased bait
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:1662
Author:Hocutt, C.H., R.E. Jenkins, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr.
Date:1986
Title:Zoogeography of the fishes of the central Appalachians and central Atlantic coastal plain.
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons
Pages:161-212
CommentsStauffer et al. (1995) says native; Jenkins and Burkhead (1994) say native, may be introduced; Hocutt et al. (1986) say native; Carter Gilbert (pers. comm.) says introduced.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordnation
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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