Specimen ID | 32439 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Monopterus |
Species | albus |
Common Name | Asian Swamp Eel |
State | GA |
County | Fulton |
Locality | Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell in a spring-fed pond, north side of Chattahoochee River about 1 mile west of Rt 19 and 1 to 2 miles west of Rt. 400. |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Upper Chattahoochee |
HUC8 Number | 03130001 |
HUC10 Name | Sope Creek-Chattahoochee River |
HUC10 Number | 0313000111 |
HUC12 Name | March Creek-Chattahoochee River |
HUC12 Number | 031300011102 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1989 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
Status | established |
Comments | These eels began showing up at least 5 years prior to a 1994 collection when confirmation of specimens occurred according to the nature center manager. |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Earliest Record | state |
Verifier | Wayne Starnes, NC Museum Natural History/Smithsonian |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Year Class | juvenile |
Size | ~10 cm |