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Hypentelium nigricans
(northern hog sucker)
Fishes
Native Transplant


Specimen ID34929
GroupFishes
GenusHypentelium
Speciesnigricans
Common Namenorthern hog sucker
StateMA
CountyHampshire
Localityoutlet stream below North Hadley Ponds, Hadley, tributary of the Connecticut River
HUC8 NameMiddle Connecticut
HUC8 Number1080201
Day11
Month11 (November)
Year1953
Year Accuracy (Specimen)Actual
Primary Pathwayreleased bait
Statusfailed
Reference #1
Ref. Number103
AuthorHartel, K.
date1992
titleNon-native fishes known from Massachusetts freshwaters.
journalOccasional Reports of the MCZ Fish Department
publisherMuseum of Comparitive Zoology, Harvard University.
vol1992
issue2
pages1-9
Reference #2
Ref. Number704
AuthorCardoza, J.E., G.S. Jones, T.W. French, and D.B. Halliwell.
date1993
titleExotic and Translocated Vertebrates of Massachusetts.
journalFauna of Mass. Series, Publ. #17223-110-200-11/93-C.R.
publisherMassachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA.
vol6
pages95 pp.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordnation
DisposalCornell University
Museum Catalog NoCU 44587
Fresh/Marine IntroductionFreshwater
Number Collected/Observed1
Specimen Size98 mm





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