Specimen ID | 238390 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Channa |
Species | argus |
Common Name | Northern Snakehead |
State | NC |
County | Gaston |
Locality | South Fork Catawba River at HWY 74 bridge in Gastonia |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | South Fork Catawba |
HUC8 Number | 03050102 |
HUC10 Name | Lower South Fork Catawba River |
HUC10 Number | 0305010206 |
HUC12 Name | Duharts Creek-South Fork Catawba River |
HUC12 Number | 030501020605 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 14 |
Collection Month | 5 |
Collection Year | 2007 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released for food |
Status | unknown |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 16091 |
Author: | Henderson, B. |
Date: | 2007 |
Title: | If you catch this Asian fish, keep it and call the law. |
Publisher: | The Charlotte Observer |
Volume: | 2007 |
Issue: | May 31 |
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Comments | Was released back to the site after the fisherman was mistakenly advised it was a bowfin. Identification based on voucher photos. Electrofishing by the state the following day found none. |
Record Type | Literature |
Verifier | Dr. Walter Courtenay |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 1 |
Size | 13 lbs., 31 in TL |
Number Released | 1 |