Specimen ID | 31839 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Clarias |
Species | batrachus |
Common Name | Walking Catfish |
State | FL |
County | Palm Beach |
Locality | West Palm Beach Canal southward to the New River Canal, west of Ft. Lauderdale |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Florida Southeast Coast |
HUC8 Number | 03090206 |
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Collection Year | 1974 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | escaped captivity aquaculture |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
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 | Apparently escaped from Penegra Aquariums, a large fish farm west of Deerfield Beach, Broward Co., during the mid 1960's |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |