Specimen ID | 34367 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Ctenopharyngodon |
Species | idella |
Common Name | Grass Carp |
State | KY |
Locality | state non-specific |
Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
Centroid Type | State |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1984 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
Status | unknown |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 10 |
Author: | Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.A. Hensley, J.N. Taylor, and J.A. McCann. |
Date: | 1984 |
Title: | Distribution of exotic fishes in the continental United States. |
Publisher: | John Hopkins University Press |
Pages: | 41-77 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 459 |
Author: | Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.P. Jennings, and J.D. Williams. |
Date: | 1991 |
Title: | Appendix 2: Exotic fishes |
Publisher: | American Fisheries Society |
Pages: | 97-107 |
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Comments | Native to middle and lower Amur River (USSR), and eastward flowing rivers of China. Fist imported by USF&WS from Malaysia and by Auburn Univ. from Taiwan in 1963. Imported and introduced for biological control of aquatic weeds. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |