Specimen ID | 254201 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Channa |
Species | argus |
Common Name | Northern Snakehead |
State | MD |
County | Charles |
Locality | a stranded mud puddle adjacent to Mattawoman Creek off Sharpersville Rd. [~2 mi W of Waldorf] |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Lower Potomac |
HUC8 Number | 02070011 |
HUC10 Name | Quantico Creek-Potomac River |
HUC10 Number | 0207001101 |
HUC12 Name | Piney Branch-Mattawoman Creek |
HUC12 Number | 020700110101 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 27 |
Collection Month | 8 |
Collection Year | 2008 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released for food |
Status | eradicated |
Comments | Found hiding in the mud under a stump with barely any water, an intermittant dry creek bed. See voucher photo of juveniles. |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 2 |
Year Class | adult |
Size | male - 505mm, 921g; female - 505mm, 740g |
Number Released | 0 |
Number of Juveniles | 30 |
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