| Specimen ID | 46331 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Osmerus |
| Species | mordax |
| Common Name | Rainbow Smelt |
| State | WI |
| Locality | Lake Superior |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Lake Superior |
| HUC8 Number | 04180000 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1930 |
| Year Accuracy | Estimated |
| 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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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 772 |
| Author: | Christie, W.J. |
| Date: | 1974 |
| Title: | Changes in the fish species composition of the Great Lakes. |
| Journal: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Pages: | 827-854 |
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| Comments | also see record 1412. 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. 1930 - 1st record from Superior |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
