Introductions Summary

Main Ref:	Pullin, R.S.V. (ed.) 1988
To:	USA
FAO area:	America, North - Inland waters
From:	Pentecoste, northeast Brazil
FAO area:	America, South - Inland waters
Year:	1974
Range:	-
Period:	1950-1974
Established in the wild:	unknown,
Established in aquaculture:	-
Significant ecological interactions:	unknown -
Significant socio-economic effects:	unknown -
Introduced by:
Reason:	aquaculture
Other reason:
Comments:	Assumed to be introduced for aquaculture. Fish came to the USA from Côte d'Ivoire via Pentecoste, northeast Brazil (Ref. 88). A single fish in cold distress was taken from the Saugahatchee Creek portion of Yates Reservoir, in the Tallapoosa drainage of Mobile Basin, Lee County, Alabama, on 12 January 1986 (Ref. 74657). Also Ref. 13686. Ref: Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.), 2006




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