| 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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