Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | No | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | Yes | ||
Abundance | fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref. | Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011 |
Comments |
Known from St. Lawrence-Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins from Vermont and New Hampshire south to Alabama and Arkansas; possibly native to Mobile Bay basin (Ref. 86798). Widely introduced elsewhere, including Atlantic and Pacific drainages (Ref. 86798). Recorded from the entire Mississippi and Missouri basins (Ref. 10294). Collected from Mississippi River (Gulf of Mexico), Rock Island County, Illinois (Ref. 41482). Used almost exclusively for recreational fishing (Ref. 9988). Also Ref. 1998, 5723. Status of threat as Sander vitreus glaucus: extinct; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,2,4 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264). |
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States/Provinces | Alabama (native), Arizona (native), Arkansas (native), Colorado (native), Connecticut (native), Georgia (native), Illinois (native), Indiana (native), Iowa (native), Kansas (native), Kentucky (native), Massachusetts (native), Michigan (native), Minnesota (native), Mississippi (native), Missouri (native), Montana (native), Nebraska (native), Nevada (native), New Hampshire (native), New Jersey (native), New Mexico (native), New York (native), North Carolina (native), North Dakota (native), Ohio (native), Oklahoma (native), Oregon (native), Pennsylvania (native), Rhode Island (native), South Carolina (native), South Dakota (native), Tennessee (native), Texas (native), Utah (native), Vermont (native), Virginia (native), Washington (native), West Virginia (native), Wisconsin (native), Wyoming (native) | ||
States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
National Checklist | |||
Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html |