| Specimen ID | 1617901 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Channa |
| Species | argus |
| Common Name | Northern Snakehead |
| State | GA |
| County | Gwinnett |
| Locality | Pond on private property, Upstream of Lake Jackson in the Yellow River Basin [specific site not reported] |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | HUC8 |
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| Collection Month | 10 |
| Collection Year | 2019 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked illegally | released for food |
| Status | unknown |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 33763 |
| Author: | Georgia Department of Natural Resources. |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Title: | Invasive Snakehead Fish Caught in Gwinnett County |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 37340 |
| Author: | Roop, H.J., N.V. Whelan, A.S. Williams, and J. Page |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Title: | First record of occurrence and genetic characterization of a population of northern snakehead Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) in Georgia, USA |
| Journal: | BioInvasions Records |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 842-852 |
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| Comments | One initially caught. Georgia DNR survey confirmed the presence of this species in the water body, one more and four juveniles. Vicinity of Lilburn on tributary to the Yellow River. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Verifier | Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 1 |
