Specimen Information

Carassius auratus
Carassius auratus
(Goldfish)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID546486
GroupFishes
GenusCarassius
Speciesauratus
Common NameGoldfish
StateNE
CountyWashington
LocalityElkhorn River, upstream of Hiway 30 bridge
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLower Elkhorn
HUC8 Number10220003
HUC10 NameRawhide Creek-Elkhorn River
HUC10 Number1022000310
HUC12 NameSnyder Lake-Elkhorn River
HUC12 Number102200031004
Map
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Collection Day14
Collection Month11
Collection Year1968
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:16152
Author:Schainost, S.
Date:2005
Title:Exotic fish distributions in Nebraska.
Journal:(unpublished data)
CommentsOriginal note from dataset: "field notes in files"
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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