| Specimen ID | 31843 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Clarias |
| Species | batrachus |
| Common Name | Walking Catfish |
| State | FL |
| County | Okeechobee |
| Locality | Lake Okeechobee drainage |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | HUC8 |
| HUC8 Name | Lake Okeechobee |
| HUC8 Number | 03090201 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1974 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | escaped captivity aquaculture |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 165 |
| Author: | Courtenay, W.R., Jr., H.F. Sahlman, W.W. Miley II, and D.J. Herrema |
| Date: | 1974 |
| Title: | Exotic fishes in fresh and brackish waters of Florida. |
| Journal: | Biological Conservation |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 292-302 |
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| Comments | Apparently escaped from Penegra Aquariums, a large fish farm west of Deerfield Beach, Broward Co., during the mid 1960's |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
