Moxostoma macrolepidotum in USA
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Main Ref.
Also Ref.
Occurrence native
Importance Ref.
Aquaculture Ref.
Regulations Ref.
Freshwater Yes
Brackish Yes
Saltwater No
Live export
Bait No
Gamefish Yes
Abundance common (usually seen) Ref. Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Comments

Recorded from Mississippi Basin mostly above the Fall Line, and in Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and middle Atlantic Coastal drainages (Ref. 10294). Locally common (Ref. 5723).

Chesapeake Bay: inhabits moderately large, swift-flowing rivers with silt-free bottoms (Ref. 27549); common on the Piedmont and Coastal Plain and occur in tidal rivers, occasionally entering brackish water (Ref. 93252).

States/Provinces Alabama (native), Mississippi (native), Missouri (native), New York (native), Oklahoma (native), South Carolina (native), Tennessee (native)
States/Provinces Complete? Yes
National Checklist
Country information https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
(e.g. 9948)
( e.g. cephalopods )
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