| Specimen ID | 31649 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Oreochromis |
| Species | mossambicus × hornorum |
| Common Name | hybrid tilapia |
| State | FL |
| County | Glades |
| Locality | borrow pits, where HWY 78 crosses the lake bottom at the Old Sportsman Lodge ON STATE LAND WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN OF FISHEATING CREEK, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE POINT WHERE THE CREEK FLOWS INTO LAKE OKEECHOBEE |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Western Okeechobee Inflow |
| HUC8 Number | 03090103 |
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| Collection Month | 3 |
| Collection Year | 1985 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
| Status | extirpated |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 504 |
| Author: | Fox, Miller, McCall, and Brown. |
| Date: | 1986 |
| Title: | Lake Okeechobee-Kissimmee River Project 1985-86. Lake Okeechobee Fishery Investigations. |
| Publisher: | Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission. |
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| Comments | eradicated with 5 ppm rotenone. Specimens were transported live to the GFC exotic lab at FAU in Boca Raton. There the specimens were flash frozen and sent to Leetown for electrophoretic identification. First record of hybrids in system. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Disposal | "frozen/ USFWS Leetown, WV" |
| Verifier | TENTATIVE ID by GFC and FAU = T. mossambica X T. h |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 5 |
