Specimen Information

Ictalurus punctatus
Ictalurus punctatus
(Channel Catfish)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID46010
GroupFishes
GenusIctalurus
Speciespunctatus
Common NameChannel Catfish
StateWA
CountyStevens
LocalityDeer Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameColville
HUC8 Number17020003
HUC10 NameChewelah Creek-Colville River
HUC10 Number1702000301
HUC12 NameDeer Lake
HUC12 Number170200030101
Map
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Collection Year1892
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport | stocked for food
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:405
Author:Lampman, B.H.
Date:1946
Title:The coming of the pond fishes
Publisher:Binfords & Mort
Pages:177 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:13708
Author:Wydoski, R.S., and R.R. Whitney.
Date:2003
Title:Inland Fishes of Washington. Second Edition.
Publisher:American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle.
Pages:322 pp
Commentsintroduced directly in the Columbia River in about the 1940s. Became established and is widely distributed in the mid- and lower Columbia and Snake Rivers; also in lower reaches of major tributaries of the Columbia River."
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Stocked50


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