amazon sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys pardalis  (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) - 5431215

amazon sailfin catfish
Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855)

Descriptor: Adult(s)
Description: Wildlife Lake in Sepulveda Flood Control Channel. It goes into the naturalized Haskell Creek about 600 feet upstream of the channelized L. A. River Channel just NW of the jct of the 405 and 101 (Ventura) freeways just west of Van Nuys.
Image type: Field
Image location: Los Angeles County, California, United States

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Name: Craig Haskell
Organization: USGS
Country: United States

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Image uploaded on Monday, January 24, 2011
Image Information last updated on Tuesday, December 04, 2012