| Specimen ID | 36282 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Astronotus |
| Species | ocellatus |
| Common Name | Oscar |
| State | MS |
| Locality | state non-specific |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | State |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1978 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
| Status | failed |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 491 |
| Author: | North American Nature Fish Association. |
| Date: | 1978 |
| Title: | Another threat to Natives?. |
| Journal: | The Lateral Line Newsletter |
| Publisher: | North American Nature Fish Association. |
| Pages: | 1 |
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| Comments | The oscar won a prize at the MS Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo for most unusual fish entry. Found in one of the local tributaries in the Mississippi drainage |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Verifier | Official at the 1978 MS Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 1 |
