| Specimen ID | 161397 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Ictalurus |
| Species | furcatus |
| Common Name | Blue Catfish |
| State | FL |
| Locality | Choctawhatchee River |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Lower Choctawhatchee |
| HUC8 Number | 03140203 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1998 |
| Year Accuracy | Estimated |
| Potential Pathway | escaped captivity aquaculture |
| Status | unknown |
| Comments | rare; only 1 every 2 years; all large - ~20lbs; introduced sometime prior to ~1998 when the FLFWCC started sampling the river; original source was escape of brood stock from private pond upstream in AL in 1993 during flood |
| Record Type | Personal communication |
| Earliest Record | drainage |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
