| Specimen ID | 46820 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Labidesthes |
| Species | sicculus |
| Common Name | Brook Silverside |
| State | WV |
| County | Berkeley |
| Locality | Sleepy Creek Lake |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Conococheague-Opequon |
| HUC8 Number | 02070004 |
| HUC10 Name | Sleepy Creek |
| HUC10 Number | 0207000402 |
| HUC12 Name | Meadow Branch |
| HUC12 Number | 020700040204 |
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| Collection Year | 1970 |
| Year Accuracy | Estimated |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for forage |
| Status | failed |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 24495 |
| Author: | Lewis, G. |
| Date: | 1974 |
| Title: | Forage introductions. |
| Journal: | Federal Aid Report |
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| Reference 2 |
| 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 |
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| Reference 3 |
| 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 |
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| Comments | They were introduced into Sleepy Creek Lake, which is a man-made reservoir that was constructed in 1962. Silversides were stocked in there at some point between construction and 1970, but likely closer to 1970; no silversides were seen in the mid-60s but were collected when the reservoir had to be drained in 1970. They were restocked at some point after that (report summary from 1974 indicates that they were restocked), but they have not been seen in subsequent surveys of the lake. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
