| Occurrence | native | ||
| Importance | Ref. | ||
| Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
| Regulations | Ref. | ||
| Freshwater | Yes | ||
| Brackish | Yes | ||
| Saltwater | No | ||
| Live export | |||
| Bait | No | ||
| Gamefish | Yes | ||
| Abundance | common (usually seen) | Ref. | Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011 |
| Comments |
Known from the Atlantic Slope drainages from St. Lawrence River drainage to southern Florida; Gulf Slope drainages east to Brazos River, Texas; Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins north to Nebraska, Wisconsin, Mississippi (Ref. 86798). Found in tidal tributaries in Chesapeake and Delaware Bay region, also in New Jersey (Ref. 4639). Transplanted elsewhere including into Washington, California and Colorado (Ref. 86798). Absent in uplands (Ref. 86798). An occasional gamefish (Ref. 52559). Also Ref. 5723, 10294, 93252, 27549. |
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| States/Provinces | Alabama (native), Arkansas (native), California (introduced), Colorado (introduced), Connecticut (native), Delaware (native), District of Columbia (native), Florida (native), Georgia (native), Illinois (native), Iowa (native), Kentucky (native), Louisiana (native), Maryland (native), Massachusetts (native), Michigan (native), Mississippi (native), Missouri (native), Nebraska (native), New Hampshire (native), New Jersey (native), New York (native), North Carolina (native), Ohio (native), Oklahoma (native), Pennsylvania (native), South Carolina (native), Tennessee (native), Texas (native), Vermont (native), Virginia (native), Washington (introduced), West Virginia (native), Wisconsin (native) | ||
| States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
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| Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html | ||