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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