Specimen Information

Oncorhynchus kisutch
Oncorhynchus kisutch
(Coho Salmon)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID46891
GroupFishes
GenusOncorhynchus
Specieskisutch
Common NameCoho Salmon
StateWV
LocalityPotomac (HUC6) non-specific
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeHUC6
HUC8 NamePotomac
HUC8 Number02070000
Map
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Collection Year1935
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport
Statusfailed
CommentsConservation Comm. records indicate coho were raised at Kearneysville fed. hatchery and stocked in WV in 1935. Assumed stocked in Potomac because Potomac was almost always in the stocking schedule.
Record TypePersonal communication
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Stocked"17,600"


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