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Channa argus
(northern snakehead)

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Fishes
Exotic to United States

Specimen ID

159357

Group

Fishes

Genus

Channa

Species

argus

Common Name

northern snakehead

State

County

Philadelphia

Locality

Edgewood Lake within FDR Park, Philadelphia

HUC8 Name

Schuylkill

HUC8 Number

2040203

Latitude

39.902741

Longitude

-75.181525

Lat-Long Source

Map derived

Lat-Long Accuracy

accurate

Map

Month

7 (July)

Year

2004

Year Accuracy (Specimen)

Actual

Primary Pathway

released food fish

Status

established

Reference #1

Ref. Number	13929
Author	Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
date	2004
title	Another exotic species confirmed in PA waters.
publisher	Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

Comments

This lake is part of a maze of interconnected embayments and tidal sloughs; officials fear the snakeheads may have gained access to the nearby lower Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers and see no practical method to eradicate them.

Record Type

Literature

Earliest Record

state

Fresh/Marine Introduction

Freshwater

Number Collected/Observed

Specimen Size

326-381 mm

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