Pterygoplichthys sp.
Pterygoplichthys sp.
(sailfin armored catfish)
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7 results for Pterygoplichthys sp. (sailfin armored catfish)
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Specimen IDCommon NameStateCountyLocalityYear HUC Number What's this? Drainage nameStatus
1893191 sailfin armored catfishFLGlades[No locality description provided; coordinates obscured by collector]2025 03090103 Western Okeechobee Inflow 
1741742 sailfin armored catfishFLGlades[No locality description provided]2018 03090103 Western Okeechobee Inflow 
1893136 sailfin armored catfishFLGlades[No locality description provided]2025 03090103 Western Okeechobee Inflow 
550840 Amazon Sailfin CatfishFLGladesFisheating Creek at Fisheating Creek Campground, Route 27, one mile south of Palmdale. In stream and shallow pond.2004 03090103 Western Okeechobee Inflowestablished
550806 Vermiculated Sailfin CatfishFLGladesHorse Creek above State Route 72, beginning approx. 50 m northeast of bridge, extending about 100 m upstream2004 03090103 Western Okeechobee Inflowestablished
1895245 sailfin armored catfishFLHighlands[No locality description provided; coordinates obscured by collector]2025 03090103 Western Okeechobee Inflow 
1895246 sailfin armored catfishFLHighlands[No locality description provided; coordinates obscured by collector]2025 03090103 Western Okeechobee Inflow 

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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2026]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [2/21/2026].

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