| 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 |
Found in St. Lawrence-Great Lakes and Mississippi River basin from Vermont and New York south to northern Alabama and Louisiana. Introduced into Atlantic, Gulf and southern Mississippi River drainages (Ref. 86798). Recorded from Mississippi River (Gulf of Mexico), Jo Daviess County, Illinois (Ref. 41482). Also Ref. 5723, 10294. |
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| States/Provinces | Alabama (native), Arkansas (native), Illinois (native), Indiana (native), Iowa (native), Kansas (native), Kentucky (native), Louisiana (native), Michigan (native), Minnesota (native), Mississippi (native), Missouri (native), Montana (native), Nebraska (native), New York (native), North Carolina (native), North Dakota (native), Oklahoma (native), Pennsylvania (native), South Dakota (native), Tennessee (native), Vermont (native), Virginia (native), West Virginia (native), Wisconsin (native), Wyoming (native) | ||
| States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
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| Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html | ||