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Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.A. Hensley, J.N. Taylor, and J.A. McCann. 1984. Distribution of exotic fishes in the continental United States. Page 41–77 in Courtenay, W.R., Jr., and J.R. Stauffer, Jr, eds. Distribution, biology, and management of exotic fishes. John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, MD.
Reference Details:
| Reference Number: | 10 |
| Type: | Book Chapter |
| Author: | Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.A. Hensley, J.N. Taylor, and J.A. McCann. |
| Date (year): | 1984 |
| Book Title: | Distribution, biology, and management of exotic fishes. |
| Editor: | Courtenay, W.R., Jr., and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. |
| Edition: | |
| Chapter Title: | Distribution of exotic fishes in the continental United States. |
| Publisher: | John Hopkins University Press |
| Publisher Location: | Baltimore, MD |
| Volume: | |
| Pages: | 41–77 |
| URL: | |
| Keywords: | exotic fish, distribution |
Species Profiles and Specimens that use this Reference:
Archocentrus nigrofasciatus
AZ - Mesa
AZ - borrow pit near eastern Phoenix
AZ - Mesa
AZ - borrow pit near eastern Phoenix
Astronotus ocellatus
PA - state non-specific
Austrolebias bellottii
CA - Experimental ponds and rice fields at Biggs Rice Experiment Station.
Austrolebias nigripinnis
CA - Experimental ponds and rice fields at Biggs Rice Experiment Station.
Bairdiella icistia
CA - Salton Sea
Callichthys callichthys
FL - canal along Jog Road, Boca Raton
NY - Great South Bay off Copiague, western Suffolk County, Long Island, NY
Carassius auratus
- Great Lakes Region
Chirostoma jordani
TX - Amistad Reservoir
TX - Rio Grande River, Falcon Reservoir
Clarias batrachus
GA - Flint River
NV - Rogers Spring (Overton Arm of Lake Mead)
Colisa lalia
FL - east of Ruskin
FL - Lake Worth Drainage District canal L-15, west of Atlantis and Lantana
Colossoma or Piaractus sp.
AZ - state non-specific
MO - state non-specific
OH - Lake Erie near electric plant in Painesville, east of Cleveland
Corydoras sp.
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
FL - state non-specific
Ctenopharyngodon idella
CA - state non-specific
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
ID - Snake River above and below Shoshone Falls
KY - state non-specific
MA - state non-specific
MD - state non-specific
MI - Little Muskegon River (?) [See Atlas]
MN - Snake River
NE - state non-specific
SC - state non-specific
SD - Missouri River, Lewis and Clark Lake
UT - state non-specific
Cynoscion xanthulus
CA - Salton Sea
Danio rerio
CA - state non-specific
FL - canal west of Lantana
NM - McCauley Spring
Devario malabaricus
FL - state non-specific
NV - Rogers Spring (Overton Arm of Lake Mead)
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
Hemigrammus ocellifer
CO - San Luis Valley (Rio Grande headwaters drainage)
Heros severus
FL - rock pit adjacent to 'Pirates World' in Dania
Hypomesus nipponensis
CA - Dodge Reservoir
CA - Dwinnell Reservoir (=Lake Shastina)
CA - Big Bear Lake (near Big Bear City)
CA - Freshwater Lagoon
CA - Spaulding Reservoir
CA - Sly Park Reservoir (Jenkinson Lake)
Labeo chrysophekadion
FL - state 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 - state non-specific
Nematolebias whitei
CA - Experimental ponds and rice fields at Biggs Rice Experiment Station.
Oncorhynchus masou
WA - Hewitt Lake
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
TX - Canyon Reservoir [Guadalupe River]
TX - Nasworthy Reservoir, Concho River
TX - Amistad Reservoir drainage
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
Oreochromis urolepis hornorum
CA - Bolsa Chica Flood Control Channel in Huntington Beach
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
CA - Lake Berryessa
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)
Pethia conchonius
FL - state non-specific
Pethia gelius
FL - state non-specific
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus
FL - state non-specific
Platichthys flesus
OH - Lake Erie
Platydoras costatus
FL - state non-specific
Plecoglossus altivelis
CA - Morris Lake, Mendocino County (sw of Willits)
CA - Ruth Reservoir
CA - Eel River below Fortuna, Humboldt County
Poecilia mexicana
CA - Drainage canal south of Mecca, at junction of Hwy 111 and Johnson Avenue [St.].
TX - state non-specific
Poecilia reticulata
FL - High Springs
Poeciliopsis gracilis
CA - Drainage canal south of Mecca, at junction of Hwy 111 and Johnson Avenue [St.].
Pterodoras granulosus
FL - Brooker Creek near Tarpon Lake, Pinellas County
Pterodoras sp.
FL - state non-specific
Pterophyllum scalare
FL - Lake Worth Drainage District Canal L-14, near a fish farm in Palm Beach County
KY - state non-specific
Puntigrus tetrazona
FL - state non-specific
Pygocentrus nattereri
PA - state non-specific
Pygocentrus or Serrasalmus sp.
FL - state non-specific
ID - state non-specific
IL - state non-specific
KY - state non-specific
MO - state non-specific
NY - state non-specific
OK - state non-specific
PA - state non-specific
Salmo letnica
MT - state non-specific
WY - state non-specific
Salmo trutta
FL - state non-specific
GA - state non-specific
KS - state non-specific
ND - state non-specific
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
NJ - Hudson County Park
WI - Oconomowoc Lake [just SE of Oconomowoc, WI]
Thorichthys meeki
AZ - canal in Mesa
Tilapia zillii
AZ - Papago Park ponds, Phoenix
NC - Beaufort County
NC - a heated reservoir at Wilmington
SC - Santee-Cooper Reservoir, a heated portion
Tinca tinca
AZ - state non-specific
MD - state non-specific
MO - state non-specific
OR - state non-specific
Trichogaster fasciata
PA - state non-specific
Trichogaster labiosa
FL - Canal at W end of 15 Ave NW, Ruskin
Trichogaster trichopterus
FL - Lake Worth Drainage District canal L-15, west of Atlantis and Lantana
Trichopodus leerii
FL - Lake Worth Drainage District canal L-15, west of Atlantis and Lantana
Trichopsis vittata
FL - south side of Lake Worth Drainage District canal L-36[Borrow River Canal], Delray Beach
Tridentiger trigonocephalus
CA - San Francisco Bay
CA - Los Angeles Harbor
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)
NV - Indian Springs
TX - state non-specific
Xiphophorus variatus
AZ - Salt River at Tempe
CA - Orange County
CA - Riverside County, California drainage