International Introductions of
Thorichthys meeki Introductions as compiled by FAO |
Main Ref: | FAO 1997 | ||||
To: | USA | ||||
FAO area: | America, North - Inland waters | ||||
From: | Central America | ||||
FAO area: | America, North - Inland waters | ||||
Year: | 1940 | ||||
Range: | - | ||||
Period: | 1925-1949 | ||||
Established in the wild: | established, natural reproduction | ||||
Established in aquaculture: | - | ||||
Significant ecological interactions: | unknown - | ||||
Significant socio-economic effects: | unknown - | ||||
Introduced by: | unknown | ||||
Reason: | ornamental | ||||
Other reason: | |||||
Comments: | Accidentally released from aquaria. Reintroduced in the 1970s. Populations recorded from Florida are quite abundant. An established population in an isolated borrow pit in Broward County was eradicated in July 1981.Also Ref. 74657. Ref: Shafland, P.L., 1979 |
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