| Specimen ID | 31970 |
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| Group | Fishes |
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| Genus | Hypophthalmichthys |
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| Species | nobilis |
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| Common Name | bighead carp |
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| State | FL |
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| County | Bay |
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| Locality | North Bay (part of St. Andrew Bay, Panama City) below Deer Point Dam at spillway |
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| HUC8 Name | St. Andrew-St. Joseph Bays |
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| HUC8 Number | 3140101 |
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| Latitude | 30.253136 |
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| Longitude | -85.68718 |
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| Lat-Long Source | Map derived |
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| Lat-Long Accuracy | accurate |
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| Day | 29 |
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| Month | 8 (August) |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Year Accuracy (Specimen) | Actual |
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| Contact | [not displayed for privacy reasons] |
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| Primary Pathway | hitch hiker with stocked fish |
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| Status | failed |
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| Reference #1 | | Ref. Number | 15708 |
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| Author | Robins, R.H. |
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| date | 2004 |
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| title | Collection records of Eurasian carp from Florida Museum of Natural History |
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| publisher | Florida Museum of Natural History |
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| Comments | May have been stock contamination w/ grass carp put in Deer Pt. Lake. Grass carp have been stocked many times since the 1980's, most recently a couple of years ago.
This fish is erroneously reported in Fuller et al. (1999) as a silver carp. |
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| Record Type | Personal communication |
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| Disposal | FL Mus. Nat. Hist. |
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| Museum Catalog No | UF 98162 |
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| Verifier | George Burgess-FMNH, Gainesville |
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| Fresh/Marine Introduction | Freshwater |
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| Number Collected/Observed | 1 |
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| Specimen Size | 872mm SL; 968mm FL; 1028mm TL |
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