Specimen ID | 31547 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Astronotus |
Species | ocellatus |
Common Name | Oscar |
State | FL |
County | Collier |
Locality | canals in eastern Big Cypress National Preserve |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Big Cypress Swamp |
HUC8 Number | 03090204 |
HUC10 Number | 0309020410 |
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Collection Year | 1987 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 463 |
Author: | Loftus, W.F., and J.A. Kushlan |
Date: | 1987 |
Title: | Freshwater fishes of southern Florida. |
Journal: | Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences |
Volume: | 31 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 147-344 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 165 |
Author: | Courtenay, W.R., Jr., H.F. Sahlman, W.W. Miley II, and D.J. Herrema |
Date: | 1974 |
Title: | Exotic fishes in fresh and brackish waters of Florida. |
Journal: | Biological Conservation |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 292-302 |
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Comments | Oscar has been aided in dispersal by anglers who have transported the fish to new locations. |
Record Type | Literature |
Verifier | Loftus; Kushlan |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |