Specimen ID | 43121 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Colossoma or Piaractus |
Species | sp. |
Common Name | unidentified pacu |
State | TX |
County | Collin |
Locality | Lake Lavon, northeast of Dallas, East Fork of the Trinity River |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | East Fork Trinity |
HUC8 Number | 12030106 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 13 |
Collection Month | 6 |
Collection Year | 1987 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
Status | failed |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 7 |
Author: | Howells, R.G., R.L. Benefield, and J.M. Mambretti. |
Date: | 1991 |
Title: | Records of pacus (Colossoma spp.) and piranhas (Serrasalmus spp.) in Texas. Management Data Series No. 70 |
Publisher: | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Fisheries Division |
Pages: | 4 pp |
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Comments | May have originated from large number of juvenile (50-80mm) pacus seen in aquarium stores a year and a half earlier. (Same as 1593 - deleted) |
Record Type | Literature |
Verifier | B. Hysmith, TPWD |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 1 |
Size | 280 mm; 0.45 kg |