Specimen Information

Pterygoplichthys anisitsi
Pterygoplichthys anisitsi
(ParanĂ¡ Sailfin Catfish)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID159784
GroupFishes
GenusPterygoplichthys
Speciesanisitsi
Common NameParaná Sailfin Catfish
StateTX
CountyHarris
LocalitySims Bayou just upstream from State Highway 35 at Hemingway Avenue
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBuffalo-San Jacinto
HUC8 Number12040104
HUC10 NameSims Bayou
HUC10 Number1204010405
HUC12 NameLower Sims Bayou
HUC12 Number120401040502
Map
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Collection Month7
Collection Year1998
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13562
Author:Nico, L.G., and R.T. Martin
Date:2001
Title:The South American suckermouth armored catfish, Pterygoplichthys anisitsi (Pisces: Loricariidae), in Texas, with comments on foreign fish introductions in the American Southwest.
Journal:The Southwestern Naturalist
Volume:46
Issue:1
Pages:98-104
CommentsCollections made from July 1998 to November 1999. Gravid females taken on 30 June 1999 (120mm TL) and 17 May 1999 (503mm TL).
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected29
Size120-502 mm TL
Number of Breeding Females2


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