Specimen ID | 850904 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Perca |
Species | flavescens |
Common Name | Yellow Perch |
State | MT |
County | Fergus |
Locality | Buffalo Wallow Reservoir |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Lower Musselshell |
HUC8 Number | 10040205 |
HUC10 Name | Upper Crooked Creek |
HUC10 Number | 1004020506 |
HUC12 Name | Hay Coulee-Crooked Creek |
HUC12 Number | 100402050605 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1985 |
Year Accuracy | Estimated |
Potential Pathway | stocked illegally |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 27494 |
Author: | Vashro, J. |
Date: | 1990 |
Title: | Illegal aliens |
Journal: | Montana Outdoors |
Volume: | 1990 |
Issue: | July/August |
Pages: | 35-37 |
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Comments | mid 1980s; this dam was breached 2013 or soon after |
Record Type | Specimen |
Earliest Record | locale |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Specimen Impact | This prairie pond produced outstanding rainbow trout fishing until the mid-1980s, when yellow perch showed up. Stunted yellow perch soon replaced the rainbow trout. |