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Dahlberg, M.D., and D.C. Scott. 1971. Introductions of freshwater fishes in Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgia Academy of Science 29:245-252.
Reference Details:
Reference Number: 97
Type: Journal Article
Author: Dahlberg, M.D., and D.C. Scott
Date (year): 1971
Article Title:Introductions of freshwater fishes in Georgia
Journal Name: Bulletin of the Georgia Academy of Science
Volume: 29
Issue:
Pages: 245-252
URL:
Keywords: Georgia fishes, introduced fishes, Lepomis humilis, orange spotted sunfish, threadfin shad, Lake Hartwell, Lake Jackson, estuary, drainage, Osmeridae, Esocidae, Cyprinidae, Ictaluridae, Percichthyidae, Centrarchidae, Percidae
Species Profiles and Specimens that use this Reference:

Ameiurus melas

    GA - state non-specific

Carassius auratus

    GA - state non-specific

Dorosoma petenense

    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Altamaha River
    GA - Altamaha River
    GA - Savannah River drainage
    GA - Lake Jackson
    GA - estuarine waters near Brunswick
    GA - estuarine waters near Brunswick
    GA - Sapelo Island
    GA - near Savannah
    GA - Apalachicola drainage
    GA - Altamaha River

Esox masquinongy

    GA - Blue Ridge Lake

Ictalurus furcatus

    AL - Chattahoochee River
    GA - Chattahoochee River
    GA - Savannah River drainage near Fort Gordon
    SC - Savannah River near Fort Gordon

Ictalurus punctatus

    GA - Altamaha River drainage
    GA - Savannah River drainage
    GA - state non-specific
    SC - Savannah River

Lepomis auritus

    GA - Tennessee River drainage
    AL - Coosa River drainage

Lepomis cyanellus

    GA - Altamaha River drainage
    GA - Savannah River drainage
    GA - Apalachicola River drainage
    GA - central Chattahoochee
    AL - Chattahoochee-Walter F. George drainage, middle
    AL - Chattahoochee drainage, lower
     - Chipola (HUC8) non-specific

Lepomis humilis

    GA - Chattahoochee River drainage

Luxilus zonistius

    GA - Coosawattee River, headwaters of
    GA - Oconee River headwaters

Micropterus coosae

    GA - Tennessee River drainage

Micropterus dolomieu

    AL - Coosa River drainage
    GA - Apalachicola River drainage
    GA - Savannah River drainage

Micropterus punctulatus

    GA - Apalachicola River drainage
    GA - Altamaha River drainage

Morone chrysops

    GA - state non-specific
    GA - state non-specific

Morone chrysops × saxatilis

    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Clark Hill Reservoir (=Strom Thurmond Reservoir)
    GA - Clark Hill Reservoir (now called Strom Thurmond Lake)
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    SC - Hartwell Lake
    SC - Clark Hill Reservoir (now called Strom Thurmond Lake)
    SC - Hartwell Lake

Morone saxatilis

    GA - Lake Rabun
    GA - Clark Hill Reservoir (=Strom Thurmond Reservoir)
    GA - Clark Hill Reservoir (now called Strom Thurmond Lake)
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Lake Blackshear
    GA - Lake Jackson
    GA - Lake Sinclair
    GA - Clark Hill Reservoir (=Strom Thurmond Reservoir)
    SC - Clark Hill Reservoir (now called Strom Thurmond Lake)
    SC - Hartwell Lake
    SC - Hartwell Lake

Notropis baileyi

    GA - Apalachicola River drainage

Notropis hypsilepis

    GA - Savannah River drainage

Oncorhynchus mykiss

    GA - Lake Lanier
    GA - Lake Lanier
    GA - Lake Lanier
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Clark Hill Reservoir (=Strom Thurmond Reservoir)
    GA - Clark Hill Reservoir (now called Strom Thurmond Lake)
    GA - Tennessee River drainage
    AL - Coosa River drainage
    GA - Apalachicola River drainage
    GA - Savannah River drainage
    SC - Hartwell Lake
    SC - Hartwell Lake
    SC - Clark Hill Reservoir (now called Strom Thurmond Lake)

Osmerus mordax

    GA - Lake Lanier, tailrace
    GA - Lake Lanier, tailrace

Perca flavescens

    GA - state non-specific
    GA - coastal plain of the Savannah
    GA - coastal plain of the Altamaha
    GA - Lake Burton, upper Savannah
    SC - coastal plain of the Savannah
    SC - lower Savannah

Pimephales promelas

    GA - lower Altamaha River
    GA - Lincoln County
    GA - Millen, fish hatchery

Pomoxis annularis

    GA - Apalachicola River drainage
    GA - Altamaha River drainage
    GA - Savannah River drainage

Pylodictis olivaris

    GA - Flint River
    GA - Savannah River drainage
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    SC - Hartwell Lake
    SC - Hartwell Lake

Salmo trutta

    GA - Lake Lanier
    GA - Lake Lanier
    GA - Lake Lanier
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Clark Hill Reservoir (=Strom Thurmond Reservoir)
    GA - Clark Hill Reservoir (now called Strom Thurmond Lake)
    GA - Tennessee River drainage
    AL - Coosa River drainage
    GA - Savannah River drainage
    GA - Apalachicola River drainage
    SC - Hartwell Lake
    SC - Hartwell Lake
    SC - Clark Hill Reservoir (now called Strom Thurmond Lake)

Salvelinus fontinalis

    GA - Tennessee River drainage
    GA - Apalachicola River drainage
    GA - Savannah River drainage
    AL - Coosa River drainage

Sander canadensis

    GA - Savannah River drainage
    GA - Apalachicola River drainage
    GA - Apalachicola drainage, headwater impoundments
    GA - Savannah drainage headwater impoundments

Sander vitreus

    GA - Apalachicola River drainage
    GA - Altamaha River drainage
    GA - Savannah River drainage
    GA - state non-specific
    GA - Lake Lanier
    GA - Lake Lanier
    GA - Lake Lanier
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Hartwell Lake
    GA - Lake Sinclair
    GA - Lake Sinclair
    GA - Lake Sinclair
    SC - Hartwell Lake
    SC - Hartwell Lake

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