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Culbertson, J. 2016. Exotic fish discovered in urban bayous of Galveston Bay. https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/didyouknow/coastal/exotics.phtml. Accessed on 09/20/2016.
Reference Details:
Reference Number: 29040
Type: Web Page
Author: Culbertson, J.
Date (year): 2016
Title:Exotic fish discovered in urban bayous of Galveston Bay
URL: https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/didyouknow/coastal/exotics.phtml
Accessed on: 09/20/2016
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Keywords: Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, blue tilapia, Oreochromis aureus, blackfin pacu, Colossoma macropomum, armored catfish, Loricarridae, Rio Grande cichlid, Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum, grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, redtail catfish, Phractocephalus hemioliopterus, Galveston Bay, Texas
Species Profiles and Specimens that use this Reference:

Carassius auratus

    TX - Clear Creek, a Galveston Bay tributary that is the border between Harris County on the north and Brazoria and Galveston counties on the south

Colossoma macropomum

    TX - Clear Creek, a Galveston Bay tributary that is the border between Harris County on the north and Brazoria and Galveston counties on the south

Ctenopharyngodon idella

    TX - Clear Creek, a Galveston Bay tributary that is the border between Harris County on the north and Brazoria and Galveston counties on the south

Herichthys cyanoguttatus

    TX - Clear Creek, a Galveston Bay tributary that is the border between Harris County on the north and Brazoria and Galveston counties on the south

Oreochromis aureus

    TX - Clear Creek, a Galveston Bay tributary that is the border between Harris County on the north and Brazoria and Galveston counties on the south

Oreochromis niloticus

    TX - Clear Creek, a Galveston Bay tributary that is the border between Harris County on the north and Brazoria and Galveston counties on the south

Phractocephalus hemioliopterus

    TX - Clear Creek, a Galveston Bay tributary that is the border between Harris County on the north and Brazoria and Galveston counties on the south

Pterygoplichthys anisitsi

    TX - Clear Creek, a Galveston Bay tributary that is the border between Harris County on the north and Brazoria and Galveston counties on the south

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