| Specimen ID | 1406816 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Channa |
| Species | argus |
| Common Name | Northern Snakehead |
| State | MS |
| County | Bolivar |
| Locality | Lake Whittington [an oxbow lake of the Mississippi River] |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Lower Mississippi-Greenville |
| HUC8 Number | 08030100 |
| HUC10 Name | Lake Ferguson-Mississippi River |
| HUC10 Number | 0803010001 |
| HUC12 Name | 80301000100 |
| HUC12 Number | 080301000100 |
| Map | |
| Collection Day | 5 |
| Collection Month | 6 |
| Collection Year | 2017 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | escaped captivity aquaculture | released for food | dispersed |
| Status | unknown |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 30022 |
| Author: | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Title: | First confirmed snakehead fish caught in Mississippi lake |
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| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Disposal | Mississippi Museum of Natural Sciences ichthyology collection |
| Museum Cat Number | MMNS (to be determined) |
| Verifier | Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 1 |
| Size | 17 in; 1.3 lbs. |
