| Specimen ID | 1523924 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Hypophthalmichthys |
| Species | nobilis |
| Common Name | Bighead Carp |
| State | TX |
| County | Montgomery |
| Locality | Lake Conroe |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | West Fork San Jacinto |
| HUC8 Number | 12040101 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1985 |
| Year Accuracy | Estimated |
| Potential Pathway | stocked misidentified |
| Status | failed |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 13942 |
| Author: | Howells, R.G. |
| Date: | 1999 |
| Title: | Guide to identification of harmful and potentially harmful fishes, shellfishes, and aquatic plants prohibited in Texas. Revised edition. |
| Publisher: | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division |
| Pages: | 370 pp |
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| Comments | "Since the first edition of this book...adult bighead carp have been collected...from Lake Conroe...the Conroe specimen likely entered that reservoir when grass carp were stocked in the early 1980s." |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 1 |
