Specimen Information

Lepomis auritus
Lepomis auritus
(Redbreast Sunfish)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID551084
GroupFishes
GenusLepomis
Speciesauritus
Common NameRedbreast Sunfish
StateTN
CountyWhite
LocalityCaney Fork River, above Great Falls impoundment near Dodson.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCaney
HUC8 Number05130108
HUC10 NameCaney Fork River
HUC10 Number0513010803
HUC12 NameCaney Fork River-Suggs Branch
HUC12 Number051301080305
Map
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Collection Day2
Collection Month7
Collection Year2012
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaystocked for sport | released bait
Statuslocally established
Reference 1
Ref. Number:26257
Author:Keck, B.P., and T.J. Near
Date:2013
Title:A new species of Nothonotus darter (Teleostei: Percidae) from the Caney Fork in Tennessee, USA.
Journal:Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History
Volume:54
Issue:1
Pages:3-21
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recorddrainage
DisposalUniversity of Tennessee Etnier Ichthyological Collection
Museum Cat NumberUT 90.4206
VerifierKeck, B.P.
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected20
Number Preserved2


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