Occurrence | introduced | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | commercial | Ref. | FAO, 2006 |
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | No | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | Ref. | ||
Comments |
Was introduced to Russia in 1972 for aquaculture, escaped to the wild and have locally established self-sustaining populations (Ref. 45022). Its natural reproduction in the cooling pond of the Cherepet' Power Station has been reported (Ref. 26334). EurRus |
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States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
National Checklist | |||
Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html |