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Amia calva
(bowfin)
Fishes
Native Transplant


Specimen ID31004
GroupFishes
GenusAmia
Speciescalva
Common Namebowfin
StateCT
Localitynon-specific
HUC8 NameNew England
Year1935
Year Accuracy (Specimen)Actual
Primary Pathwaystocked
Statuscollected
Reference #1
Ref. Number1537
AuthorWhitworth, W.R.
date1996
titleFreshwater Fishes of Connecticut.
publisherState Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT.
vol114
pages243 pp.
Commentsfirst specimen collected in the 1930s; unknown where or why it was introduced; brought to Yale University
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordnation
DisposalYale Univ.
Fresh/Marine IntroductionFreshwater





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