| Specimen ID | 1547872 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Monopterus |
| Species | cuchia |
| Common Name | cuchia |
| State | NY |
| County | Livingston |
| Locality | Hemlock Lake, at Hemlock Lake Park |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Lower Genesee |
| HUC8 Number | 04130003 |
| HUC10 Name | Headwaters Honeoye Creek |
| HUC10 Number | 0413000302 |
| HUC12 Name | Hemlock Lake |
| HUC12 Number | 041300030203 |
| Map | |
| Collection Day | 22 |
| Collection Month | 4 |
| Collection Year | 2019 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | released for food | released aquarium | released ceremonial |
| Status | failed |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 33269 |
| Author: | Orr, S. |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Title: | You won’t believe what this guy pulled from Rochester's drinking water supply |
| Publisher: | Democrat & Chronicle |
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| Comments | All recently deceased. "Six days after his first discovery, Ballard and a friend returned to the spot on Hemlock's shore where he’d found the eel and located six more floating near the bottom not far from shore."
NY DEC electrofished for more eels. The eels are sold live in fish markets, and are used in ceremonial releases. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Disposal | New York State Museum ichthyology collection |
| Museum Cat Number | NYSM 82160 |
| Verifier | Jeremy Wright (NYSM) |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 6 |
| Number Preserved | 6 |
