Polyodon spathula in USA
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Main Ref.
Also Ref.
Occurrence native
Importance commercial Ref. Missouri Department of Conservation, 2008
Aquaculture Ref.
Regulations Ref.
Freshwater Yes
Brackish No
Saltwater No
Live export
Bait No
Gamefish Yes
Abundance Ref.
Comments

Known from Mississippi River basin from southwestern New York to Montana and south to Louisiana; Gulf Slope drainagaes from Mobile Bay in Alabama, to Galveston Bay in Texas. Formerly in Great Lakes basin, probably extirpated (Ref. 86798). Also 276, 5723, 10294.

Status of threat: vulnerable; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,2 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).

States/Provinces Alabama (native), Arkansas (native), Illinois (native), Indiana (native), Iowa (native), Kansas (native), Kentucky (native), Louisiana (native), Michigan (native), Minnesota (native), Mississippi (native), Missouri (native), Montana (native), Nebraska (native), Nevada (native), New York (native), North Carolina (native), North Dakota (native), Ohio (native), Oklahoma (native), Pennsylvania (native), South Dakota (native), Tennessee (native), Texas (native), Virginia (native)
States/Provinces Complete? Yes
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(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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