Specimen ID | 1418765 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Monopterus |
Species | cuchia |
Common Name | cuchia |
State | NY |
County | Queens |
Locality | Meadow Lake, northeast corner near mouth of creek |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Bronx |
HUC8 Number | 02030102 |
HUC10 Name | Bronx River-East River |
HUC10 Number | 0203010201 |
HUC12 Name | Flushing Creek-Flushing Bay |
HUC12 Number | 020301020104 |
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Collection Day | 10 |
Collection Month | 8 |
Collection Year | 2017 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released ceremonial | released for food |
Status | failed |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 33959 |
Author: | Nico, L.G., A.J. Ropicki, J.V. Kilian, and M. Harper |
Date: | 2019 |
Title: | Asian swamp eels in North America linked to the live-food trade and prayer-release rituals |
Journal: | Aquatic Invasions |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 775-814 |
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Comments | Large frogs (possibly bull frogs) were also observed. Both the swamp eels and frogs appeared distressed. A man nearby said a large number of animals had been released by people to the lake a couple of hours earlier. |
Record Type | NAS sighting report |
Disposal | Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyology collection |
Museum Cat Number | UF 242919 |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Preserved | 5 |
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