Occurrence | endemic | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | No | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | scarce (very unlikely) | Ref. | Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991 |
Comments |
Found in the Mississippi River basin from Ohio to Minnesota and south to southern Mississippi, northern Louisiana and southeastern Oklahoma; and on Gulf Slope in Escambia, Mobile Bay and Pearl River drainages. Now extirpated from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois (Ref. 5723). Known from Cahaba River (Alabama-Mobile Bay), Bibb County, Alabama (Ref. 41482). Also Ref. 10294. Status of threat: vulnerable; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264). |
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States/Provinces | Alabama (native), Florida (native), Illinois (extirpated), Indiana (extirpated), Kentucky (extirpated), Louisiana (native), Minnesota (native), Mississippi (native), Missouri (native), Ohio (extirpated), Oklahoma (native), Tennessee (native) | ||
States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html |