Specimen ID | 261358 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Channa |
Species | maculata |
Common Name | Blotched Snakehead |
State | NC |
County | Mecklenburg |
Locality | Paw Creek arm of Lake Wylie [Catawba River], just W of Charlotte |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Upper Catawba |
HUC8 Number | 03050101 |
HUC10 Name | Mountain Island Lake-Catawba River |
HUC10 Number | 0305010114 |
HUC12 Name | Paw Creek-Lake Wylie |
HUC12 Number | 030501011404 |
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Collection Day | 19 |
Collection Month | 4 |
Collection Year | 2009 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released for food |
Status | unknown |
Comments | Gravid female, caught in two feet of water. Subsequent electrofishing the following day found no additional specimens. See voucher photos. Previously misidentified as Northern Snakehead (Channa argus). |
Record Type | Specimen |
Disposal | NC State Museum |
Museum Cat Number | NCSM 53258 |
Verifier | Walter R. Courtenay, Jr. |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 1 |
Size | 31 in., 12.7 lbs. |
Number of Breeding Females | 1 |
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