| Specimen ID | 46180 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Osmerus |
| Species | mordax |
| Common Name | Rainbow Smelt |
| State | WI |
| Locality | Lake Michigan |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Lake Michigan |
| HUC8 Number | 04190000 |
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| Collection Year | 1923 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for forage |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 460 |
| Author: | Emery, L. |
| Date: | 1985 |
| Title: | Review of fish introduced into the Great Lakes, 1819-1974. Technical Report No. 45. |
| Publisher: | Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, MI. |
| Pages: | 31 pp |
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| Reference 2 |
| 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 |
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| Comments | The 1912 stocking of smelt eggs in Crystal Lake, MI, which drains into Lake Michigan is credited with the establishment of the species in Lake Michigan and eventually the other lakes but Ontario. Origin of smelt in Lake Ontario is controversial. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
