Specimen ID | 165124 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Pterygoplichthys |
Species | multiradiatus |
Common Name | Orinoco Sailfin Catfish |
State | HI |
County | Honolulu |
Locality | island of Oahu |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Oahu |
HUC8 Number | 20060000 |
HUC10 Number | 2006000004 |
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Collection Year | 1986 |
Year Accuracy | Estimated |
Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 14969 |
Author: | Mundy, B.C. |
Date: | 2005 |
Title: | Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology 6 |
Publisher: | Bishop Museum Press |
Pages: | 704 pp |
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Comments | Established in Oahu in freshwater streams, ditches, and reservoirs. Aquarium specimens were released by 1986 and possibly as early as 1982. The species became abundant in reservoirs and is now a pest there. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |