| Specimen ID | 859916 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Pylodictis |
| Species | olivaris |
| Common Name | Flathead Catfish |
| State | GA |
| Locality | Altamaha River |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | |
| HUC8 Name | Altamaha |
| HUC8 Number | 03070106 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 2005 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked illegally |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 25224 |
| Author: | Various authors. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Title: | 2011 State Project Reports, Catfish Management Techincal Committee, Southern Division, American Fisheries Society. |
| Publisher: | Catfish Management Technical Committee, Southern Division, American Fisheries Society |
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| Comments | first record for the drainage; probably introduced in Lake Oconee and escaped during hydological reservoir releases |
| Record Type | Personal communication |
| Earliest Record | drainage |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Specimen Impact | A preliminary diet analysis of 252 blue catfish in 2010 revealed that 82.2% of the diet by weight was the exotic Asiatic clam Corbiculae fluminea followed by American Eel Anguilla rostrata making up 7.0% of the diet by weight. |
