| Specimen ID | 34869 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Ctenopharyngodon |
| Species | idella |
| Common Name | Grass Carp |
| State | MA |
| Locality | state non-specific |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | State |
| HUC8 Name | New England Region |
| HUC8 Number | 01000000 |
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| Collection Year | 1984 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | stocked illegally |
| 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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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 1379 |
| Author: | Horwath, J.L. |
| Date: | 1989 |
| Title: | Importation or shipment of injurious wildlife: mitten crabs. |
| Journal: | U.S. Federal Register |
| Volume: | 54 |
| Issue: | 98 |
| Pages: | 22286-89 |
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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 |