| Occurrence | native | ||
| Importance | Ref. | ||
| Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
| Regulations | Ref. | ||
| Freshwater | Yes | ||
| Brackish | Yes | ||
| Saltwater | Yes | ||
| Live export | |||
| Bait | No | ||
| Gamefish | No | ||
| Abundance | Ref. | ||
| Comments |
Reported from the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas and extends up the Mississippi River lowlands to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, southern Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, and south to Central America (Ref. 10294); also from Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (Ref. 4639). On the West coast, movements of fishes from the California introductions have resulted in reports as far north as Oregon (Ref. 39047) to San Diego Bay, southern California (Ref. 96339). Introduced into James and Rappahannock rivers of Virginia (Ref. 39048). Also Ref. 188. |
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| States/Provinces | Arkansas (native), California (native), Florida (native), Illinois (native), Indiana (native), Kentucky (native), Mississippi (native), Missouri (native), New Jersey (native), Oklahoma (native), Oregon (native), Tennessee (native), Texas (native), Virginia (introduced) | ||
| States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
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| Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html | ||