| Specimen ID | 465420 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Clarias |
| Species | batrachus |
| Common Name | Walking Catfish |
| State | FL |
| Locality | Lake Okeechobee drainage |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | HUC8 |
| HUC8 Name | Lake Okeechobee |
| HUC8 Number | 03090201 |
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| Collection Year | 1970 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 1445 |
| Author: | Lachner, E.A., C.R. Robins, and W.R. Courtenay, Jr |
| Date: | 1970 |
| Title: | Exotic fishes and other aquatic organisms introduced into North America |
| Journal: | Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology |
| Volume: | 59 |
| Pages: | 1-29 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 25732 |
| Author: | Lothian, A.A. |
| Date: | 1975 |
| Title: | Invasion of a renovated pond by walking catfish, clarias batrachus (linnaeus), and other species. |
| Journal: | Florida Scientist |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 183-184 |
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| Comments | "In the past few years it has become abundant from Ft. Lauderdale northward to Lake Okeechobee and West Palm Beach." |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
