Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | No | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | common (usually seen) | Ref. | Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011 |
Comments |
Known from Atlantic coastal drainages from Hudson through Potomac River drainage in Virginia, USA; Great Lakes (except Lake Superior), Hudson Bay (Red River) and Mississippi River basins from New York to North Dakota and south to Alabama and eastern Oklahoma; isolated populations in Ozarks (Ref. 86798). Chesapeake Bay: found in large tributaries, occasionally collected in waters with salinities greater than 5% but is typically found in lakes and in large creeks and rivers (Ref. 27549). |
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States/Provinces | Alabama (native), Illinois (native), Indiana (native), Iowa (native), Kansas (native), Kentucky (native), Maryland (native), Michigan (native), Minnesota (native), Mississippi (native), Missouri (native), New Jersey (native), New York (native), North Carolina (native), North Dakota (native), Ohio (native), Oklahoma (native), Pennsylvania (native), Tennessee (native), Virginia (native), West Virginia (native), Wisconsin (native) | ||
States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
National Checklist | |||
Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html |