| Specimen ID | 34739 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Metynnis |
| Species | sp. |
| Common Name | metynnis |
| State | KY |
| County | Jefferson |
| Locality | Lighthouse Lake on Gardiner Lane near Lakeview Condominiums, Louisville |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Silver-Little Kentucky |
| HUC8 Number | 05140101 |
| HUC10 Name | Bear Grass Creek-Ohio River |
| HUC10 Number | 0514010109 |
| HUC12 Name | South Fork Beargrass Creek |
| HUC12 Number | 051401010901 |
| Map | |
| Collection Month | 6 |
| Collection Year | 1981 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
| Status | failed |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 494 |
| Author: | Anonymous |
| Date: | 1981 |
| Title: | Piranha caught in Kentucky. |
| Journal: | Pet Business, |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 11 |
| Pages: | 33 |
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| Comments | Originally Metynnis roosevelti (Leo Nico revised to cf. maculatus - spotted metynnis). may be pacu not metynnis (Leo). also see Courier Journal (Louisville) 6/19/81 (published as M. roosevelti - which is not a piranha) |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | nation |
| Disposal | Louisville Zoo aquarium |
| Museum Cat Number | lost |
| Verifier | David Jenkins, Louisville Zoo/ Leo Nico-NFRCG |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 1 |
| Size | ~18 cm |
