United States (contiguous states) country information
Common names:
Golden shiner
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
common (usually seen)
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Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Importance:
commercial
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Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture:
commercial
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Regulations:
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Uses:
bait: yes;
Comments:
Known from the Atlantic and Gulf slope drainages from Maine to south Texas, Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins west to Montana, and west Oklahoma and Texas (Ref. 86798). Recorded from the Coastal Plain (Ref. 10294). Type locality: New York (Ref. 79012). Introduced elsewhere in the country via bait buckets (Ref. 86798). Bred in Arkansas for bait (Ref. 26870). Common, except in uplands (Ref. 86798).
Chesapeake Bay: common to abundant in all tributaries of Chesapeake Bay. Occasionally enters brackish areas with salinities as high as 17% (Ref. 93252).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
National Database:
