Specimen ID | 34739 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Metynnis |
Species | sp. |
Common Name | metynnis |
State | KY |
County | Jefferson |
Locality | Lighthouse Lake on Gardiner Lane near Lakeview Condominiums, Louisville |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Silver-Little Kentucky |
HUC8 Number | 05140101 |
HUC10 Name | Bear Grass Creek-Ohio River |
HUC10 Number | 0514010109 |
HUC12 Name | South Fork Beargrass Creek |
HUC12 Number | 051401010901 |
Map | |
Collection Month | 6 |
Collection Year | 1981 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
Status | failed |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 494 |
Author: | Anonymous |
Date: | 1981 |
Title: | Piranha caught in Kentucky. |
Journal: | Pet Business, |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 11 |
Pages: | 33 |
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Comments | Originally Metynnis roosevelti (Leo Nico revised to cf. maculatus - spotted metynnis). may be pacu not metynnis (Leo). also see Courier Journal (Louisville) 6/19/81 (published as M. roosevelti - which is not a piranha) |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | nation |
Disposal | Louisville Zoo aquarium |
Museum Cat Number | lost |
Verifier | David Jenkins, Louisville Zoo/ Leo Nico-NFRCG |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 1 |
Size | ~18 cm |