Specimen ID | 160180 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Channa |
Species | argus |
Common Name | Northern Snakehead |
State | VA |
County | Fairfax |
Locality | Mulligan Pond (Ft. Belvoir, Dogue Creek off-shoot near headwaters) |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan |
HUC8 Number | 02070010 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 29 |
Collection Month | 8 |
Collection Year | 2004 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released for food |
Status | established |
Comments | This female reabsorbed her eggs (7 g). There was a 140 mm gizzard shad in the stomach. Sampling in the pond on 9/2/04 was negative. This was the 19th northern snakehead taken from this region recently. |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Earliest Record | locale |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 1 |
Year Class | 4 |
Size | 432 mm, 748 g |
Number Released | 0 |
Number Preserved | 1 |