Specimen ID | 156790 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Channa |
Species | argus |
Common Name | Northern Snakehead |
State | MD |
County | Anne Arundel |
Locality | Walking Fish Pond [= MacQuillium Pond] in Crofton behind shopping center, adjacent to Route 3 near the intersection of Crawford Blvd. |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Patuxent |
HUC8 Number | 02060006 |
HUC10 Name | Little Patuxent River |
HUC10 Number | 0206000602 |
HUC12 Name | Towsers Branch-Little Patuxent River |
HUC12 Number | 020600060203 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 4 |
Collection Month | 9 |
Collection Year | 2002 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released for food |
Status | eradicated |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 13490 |
Author: | Courtenay, W.R., Jr., and J.D. Williams. |
Date: | 2004 |
Title: | Snakeheads (Pisces: Channidae): A biological synopsis and risk assessment. Circular 1251. |
Publisher: | United States Geological Survey |
Pages: | 143 pp |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 20915 |
Author: | Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. |
Date: | 2011 |
Title: | National Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoology Ichthyology Collection |
Publisher: | Smithsonian Institution |
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Comments | Also USNM 377169-171 (1 specimen each) from this location/date |
Record Type | Literature |
Disposal | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ichthyology collection |
Museum Cat Number | USNM 371929 |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 132 |
Size | Avg. 100 mm ; 16.75 in. |
Number Released | 0 |
Number Preserved | 56 |