PIT tags on the Northern riffleshell

Photo By/Credit

Mair, Rachel/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

10/31/2013

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

PIT tags coated in white epoxy in combination with Hallprint tags can be used to monitor imperiled species like the northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana). Photo: Rachel Mair, USFWS.

Species

Epioblasma torulosa rangiana

Subject tags

Work of the Service

Freshwater mussels

Fishes

Fisheries

Fish hatcheries

Equipment

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Biologists (USFWS)

Aquaculture