Specimen ID | 1695501 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Monopterus |
Species | cuchia |
Common Name | cuchia |
State | TX |
County | Fort Bend |
Locality | Buffalo Run Park lake [SW Houston] |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Buffalo-San Jacinto |
HUC8 Number | 12040104 |
HUC10 Name | Sims Bayou |
HUC10 Number | 1204010405 |
HUC12 Name | Upper Sims Bayou |
HUC12 Number | 120401040501 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 20 |
Collection Month | 10 |
Collection Year | 2021 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released for food | released ceremonial |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 37996 |
Author: | Best, A., J.S. Perkin, A.K. Pinion, H. Binkley, and K.W. Conway |
Date: | 2022 |
Title: | First record of the Gangetic Swamp Eel, Ophichthys cuchia (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Synbranchidae), from Texas (USA) based on museum vouchered material, and confirmation of a second established non-native population in the USA |
Journal: | Check List |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 475-482 |
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Record Type | NAS sighting report |
Disposal | Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collections ichthyology collection |
Museum Cat Number | TCWC 20323.01 |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 13 |
Size | 154.0-736.6 mm TL |