| Occurrence | native | ||
| Importance | Ref. | ||
| Aquaculture | commercial | Ref. | |
| Regulations | Ref. | ||
| Freshwater | Yes | ||
| Brackish | No | ||
| Saltwater | No | ||
| Live export | |||
| Bait | Yes | ||
| Gamefish | No | ||
| Abundance | common (usually seen) | Ref. | Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011 |
| Comments |
Known from coast to coast in Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and in Rocky Mountains south into Rio Grande drainage of Texas (Ref. 86798). Recorded from the Blue Ridge region (Ref. 10294). Used as bait for bass and catfish in Iowa (Ref. 1998). Artificially propagated in Minnesota in long narrow ponds having weak water flow (Ref. 1998). Also Ref. 3881. |
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| States/Provinces | Colorado (native), Connecticut (native), Georgia (native), Idaho (native), Iowa (native), Kentucky (native), Massachusetts (native), Michigan (native), Minnesota (native), Montana (native), Nebraska (native), New Hampshire (native), New Jersey (native), New Mexico (native), New York (native), North Carolina (native), North Dakota (native), Oregon (native), Pennsylvania (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? | No | ||
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| Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html | ||