Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | Ref. | ||
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | Yes | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | common (usually seen) | Ref. | Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011 |
Comments |
Known from Great Lakes, and Mississippi River basins to Minnesota and northern Georgia (Applachian Mountains); and headwaters of Chattahoochee River (Gulf basin) (Ref. 86798). Native from Iowa to Long Island; indigenous to higher elevations of the Appalachian Mountains as far south as Georgia (Ref. 27549). Also Ref. 5723, 7251, 10294, 75154. |
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States/Provinces | California (native), Colorado (native), Connecticut (native), Georgia (native), Idaho (native), Illinois (native), Indiana (native), Iowa (native), Maine (native), Maryland (native), Massachusetts (native), Michigan (native), Minnesota (native), Montana (native), Nevada (introduced), New Hampshire (native), New Jersey (native), New Mexico (native), New York (native), North Carolina (native), Ohio (native), Oregon (native), Pennsylvania (native), Rhode Island (native), Tennessee (native), Utah (native), Vermont (native), Virginia (native), Washington (native), West Virginia (native), Wisconsin (native), Wyoming (native) | ||
States/Provinces Complete? | No | ||
National Checklist | |||
Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html |