NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
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Cut-and-Paste Reference:
Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.P. Jennings, and J.D. Williams. 1991. Appendix 2: Exotic fishes. Pages Pages 97-107 in Nelson, Joseph (Chair), ed. Common names and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. 5th edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. Bethesda, Maryland.
Reference Details:
| Reference Number: | 459 |
| Type: | Book Chapter |
| Author: | Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.P. Jennings, and J.D. Williams. |
| Date (year): | 1991 |
| Book Title: | Common names and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. |
| Editor: | Nelson, Joseph (Chair). |
| Edition: | 5th |
| Chapter Title: | Appendix 2: Exotic fishes |
| Publisher: | American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 20. |
| Publisher Location: | Bethesda, Maryland |
| Volume: | |
| Pages: | Pages 97-107 |
| URL: | |
| Keywords: | exotic, introduced, fishes, taxonomy |
Fact Sheets and Specimens that use this Reference:
Ancistrus cf. temminckii
HI - non-specific freshwater location
Anguilla anguilla
CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Contra Costa County
Astronotus ocellatus
PA - non-specific
Bairdiella icistia
CA - Salton Sea
Carassius auratus
SC - non-specific
Cephalopholis argus
HI - non-specific marine location
Chirostoma jordani
TX - Amistad Reservoir
TX - Rio Grande River, Falcon Reservoir
Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum
AZ - Mesa
AZ - borrow pit near eastern Phoenix
AZ - Mesa
AZ - borrow pit near eastern Phoenix
FL - non-specific
HI - non-specific freshwater location
Cichlasoma spilurum
HI - non-specific freshwater location
Clarias batrachus
GA - Flint River
NV - Rogers Spring (Overton Arm of Lake Mead)
Colisa fasciata
PA - non-specific
Colisa labiosa
FL - Canal at W end of 15 Ave NW, Ruskin
Colisa lalia
FL - east of Ruskin
FL - Lake Worth Drainage District canal L-15, west of Atlantis and Lantana
Colossoma or Piaractus sp.
AZ - non-specific
MO - non-specific
OH - Lake Erie near electric plant in Painesville, east of Cleveland
Corydoras sp.
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
FL - non-specific
Ctenopharyngodon idella
AR - non-specific
CA - non-specific
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
DE - non-specific
ID - Snake River above and below Shoshone Falls
KY - non-specific
MA - non-specific
MD - non-specific
MN - Snake River
NE - non-specific
OH - non-specific
OK - non-specific
SC - non-specific
UT - non-specific
Cynoscion xanthulus
CA - Salton Sea
Danio rerio
CA - non-specific
FL - canal west of Lantana
NM - McCauley Spring
Devario malabaricus
FL - non-specific
NV - Rogers Spring (Overton Arm of Lake Mead)
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
Helostoma temminkii
FL - Lake Worth Drainage District canal L-15, west of Atlantis and Lantana
Hemigrammus ocellifer
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus
HI - non-specific marine location
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
KS - non-specific
MO - non-specific
Hypostomus sp.
NV - non-specific
Labeo chrysophekadion
FL - non-specific
Leporinus fasciatus
FL - non-specific
Macropodus opercularis
FL - Lake Worth Drainage District canal L-15, west of Atlantis and Lantana
Melanochromis auratus
NV - Rogers Spring (Overton Arm of Lake Mead)
NV - Rogers Spring (Overton Arm of Lake Mead)
Metynnis sp.
FL - non-specific
Oncorhynchus masou
WA - Hewitt Lake
WA - Puget Sound
Oreochromis aureus
AZ - Gila River, north of Yuma
CA - below Laguna Dam (just a few miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
FL - DeSoto County
FL - Hardee County
FL - Hernando County
FL - Lake County
FL - Manatee County
FL - Marion County
FL - Orange County
FL - Sarasota County
FL - Seminole County
FL - Volusia County
OK - North Canadian River, northwest of Harrah, with a confirmed range of 383 km from Lake Overholser to Lake Eufaula
OK - non-specific
TX - Canyon Reservoir [Guadalupe River]
TX - Nasworthy Reservoir, Concho River
TX - Amistad Reservoir
TX - Lake Fairfield
Oreochromis mossambicus
CA - Salton Sea
FL - Snapper Creek canal for about 9 km above its juncture with the Tamiami Canal
FL - Tamiami Canal at U.S. highways 41 and 27
FL - Comfort Canal
FL - two canals east of Goulds
IL - non-specific
MT - non-specific
Oreochromis urolepis hornorum
CA - Bolsa Chica Flood Control Channel in Huntington Beach
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
CA - Lake Berryessa
NV - Forest Spring in Ash Meadows
Otocinclus sp.
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
Oxydoras niger
FL - Biscayne Bay
Paracheirodon innesi
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
Pelvicachromis pulcher
HI - non-specific freshwater location
Pethia conchonius
FL - non-specific
Pethia gelius
FL - non-specific
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
FL - non-specific
Platichthys flesus
ONT - Lake Superior; Thunder Bay, just off McNab Point
ONT - Lake Erie, inner Long Point Bay, off Port Rowan
OH - Lake Erie
Platydoras costatus
FL - non-specific
Poecilia mexicana
CA - Drainage canal south of Mecca, at junction of Hwy 111 and Johnson Avenue [St.].
TX - non-specific
Pterodoras granulosus
FL - Brooker Creek near Tarpon Lake, Pinellas County
Pterodoras sp.
FL - non-specific
Pterophyllum scalare
FL - Lake Worth Drainage District Canal L-14, near a fish farm in Palm Beach County
KY - non-specific
Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus
HI - non-specific freshwater location
Pygocentrus nattereri
PA - non-specific
Pygocentrus or Serrasalmus sp.
ID - non-specific
IL - non-specific
KY - non-specific
MO - non-specific
NY - non-specific
OK - non-specific
Salmo letnica
MT - non-specific
WY - non-specific
Systomus tetrazona
FL - non-specific
Thorichthys meeki
AZ - canal in Mesa
Tilapia sparrmanii
FL - non-specific
Tilapia zillii
AZ - Papago Park ponds, Phoenix
NC - Beaufort County
NC - a heated reservoir at Wilmington
SC - Santee-Cooper Reservoir, a heated portion
Trichogaster leerii
FL - Lake Worth Drainage District canal L-15, west of Atlantis and Lantana
Trichogaster trichopterus
FL - Lake Worth Drainage District canal L-15, west of Atlantis and Lantana
Tridentiger trigonocephalus
CA - San Francisco Bay
CA - Los Angeles Harbor
Xenentodon cancila
HI - Wahiawa Reservoir (=Lake Wilson), Oahu
Xiphophorus hellerii
CA - Westminster near an aquarium fish farm
CA - drainage canal near Oasis
CA - Drainage canal south of Mecca, at junction of Hwy 111 and Johnson Avenue [St.].
Xiphophorus maculatus
CA - Westminster near an aquarium fish farm
CO - canals, ditches and ponds below the Weisbart and Weisbart Hog farm where tropical fish are being reared
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
MT - non-specific
NV - Indian Springs
TX - non-specific
Xiphophorus variatus
AZ - Salt River at Tempe
CA - Orange County
CA - Riverside County, California drainage
Disclaimer:
The data represented on this site vary in accuracy, scale, completeness, extent of coverage and origin. It is the user's responsibility to use these data consistent with their intended purpose and within stated limitations. We highly recommend reviewing metadata files prior to interpreting these data.
Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2013]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [5/24/2013].
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