Specimen Information

Hypostomus sp.
Hypostomus sp.
(suckermouth catfish)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID544900
GroupFishes
GenusHypostomus
Speciessp.
Common Namesuckermouth catfish
StateMA
Localitystate non-specific
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeState
HUC8 NameNew England Region
HUC8 Number01000000
Map
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Collection Day6
Collection Month4
Collection Year1998
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusfailed
Reference 1
Ref. Number:24835
Author:Anonymous
Date:2013
Title:Collection records of Hypostomus in U.S. museum collections. Downloaded from FishNet on 22 April 2013. Updated dataset downloaded on 17 September 2013
Reference 2
Ref. Number:25091
Author:Harvard University
Date:2012
Title:Museum of Comparative Zoology ichthyology collection database
Publisher:Harvard University
CommentsSpecimen partially eaten, and found out of water near a wild pond.
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalMuseum of Comparative Zoology ichthyology collection
Museum Cat NumberMCZ 156944
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1
Number Preserved1


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