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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. Pages 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


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