| Specimen ID | 158674 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Channa |
| Species | argus |
| Common Name | Northern Snakehead |
| State | VA |
| County | Fairfax |
| Locality | Potomac River at Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan |
| HUC8 Number | 02070010 |
| HUC10 Name | Occoquan River-Potomac River |
| HUC10 Number | 0207001008 |
| HUC12 Name | Occoquan Bay-Potomac River |
| HUC12 Number | 020700100805 |
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| Collection Day | 15 |
| Collection Month | 5 |
| Collection Year | 2004 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | released for food |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 13773 |
| Author: | Associated Press. |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Title: | Another Snakehead Found In Potomac River. |
| Publisher: | Newsday.com |
| Issue: | May 17 |
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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 | Male specimen. Originally reported as Occoquan Bay near Woodbridge. Angler wanted to protect his favorite fishing hole location. The catch site is about 5 miles south of where an angler reeled in a 12-inch snakehead May 7 near Mount Vernon. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | locale |
| Disposal | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History ichthyology collection |
| Museum Cat Number | USNM 377168 |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 1 |
| Year Class | 2 |
| Size | 337 mm TL; 400 g |
| Number Preserved | 1 |
