Specimen Information

Monopterus albus
Monopterus albus
(Asian Swamp Eel)
Fishes
Exotic

Specimen ID1710544
GroupFishes
GenusMonopterus
Speciesalbus
Common NameAsian Swamp Eel
StateGA
CountyFulton
LocalityImpoundment Pond outside of Chattahoochee Nature Center
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameUpper Chattahoochee
HUC8 Number03130001
Map
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Collection Month9
Collection Year1994
Year AccuracyActual
Reference 1
Ref. Number:39900
Author:Starnes, W.C., R.T. Bryant, and G.C. Greer
Date:1998
Title:Perilous experiment: the Asian rice eel in Georgia
CommentsFound by student dipnetting in one of three shallow impoundment ponds outside of Chattahoochee Nature Center
Record TypeLiterature
Number Collected1
Size2 in


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