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(Ref. 54507) FB-Distribution-3018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-02 00:00:00 2022-05-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3018 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution North America: Rivers of the Atlantic coastal states of USA from Florida to New York. Welcomme, R.L. 1988 International introductions of inland aquatic species. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 294. 318 p. (Ref. 1739) FB-Uses-3018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2025-12-11 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3018 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses fisheries: subsistence fisheries; gamefish: yes International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699) International Game Fish Association 1991 World record game fishes. International Game Fish Association, Florida, USA. (Ref. 4699) FB-Migration-3018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2025-12-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3018 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km. Dean, E.M., A.R. Cooper, L. Wang, W. Daniel, S. David, C. Ernzen, K.B. Gido, E Hale, T.J. Haxton, W. Kelso, N. Leonard, C. Lido, J. Margraf, M. Porter, C. Pennock, D. Propst, J. Ross, M.D. Staudinger, G. Whelan and D.M. Infante 2022 The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States of Mexico. J. Biogeography 49:1193-1203. (Ref. 126106) FB-TrophicStrategy-3018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1995-08-05 00:00:00 2004-09-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public catus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Juveniles feed on plankton (Ref. 9669). Turner, J.L. 1966 Distribution and food habits of ictalurid fishes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. p. 130-143. In J.L. Turner and D.W. Kelly (comp.) Ecological Studies of the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta. Part II Fishes of the Delta, Fish. Bull. 136. (Ref. 9669) FB-Size-3018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2025-12-11 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3018 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 95.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637)); max. published weight: 9,750 g (Ref. 40637); max. reported age: 14 years (Ref. 72508) IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. (Ref. 40637) IGFA 2001 Database of IGFA angling records until 2001. IGFA, Fort Lauderdale, USA. (Ref. 40637) Schwartz, F.J. and R. Jachowski 1965 No title. Chesapeake Sci. 6:226. (Ref. 72508) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Diseases-3018-861 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-04-29 00:00:00 2003-04-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=3018&StockCode=3214 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Cystoopsis Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Bunkley-Williams, L. and E.H. Williams Jr. 2002 Nematodes of freshwater fishes of the Neotropical region. (Book review). Caribb. J. Sci. 38(3-4):289-294. (Ref. 46699) FB-Diseases-3018-945 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2004-03-17 00:00:00 2004-03-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=3018&StockCode=3214 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Enteric Septicaemia of Catfish. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Plumb, J.A. 1999 <i>Edwardsiella</i> Septicaemias. p.479-521. In P.T.K. Woo and D.W. Bruno (eds.) Fish Diseases and Disorders, Vol. 3: Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Infections. CAB Int'l. (Ref. 48850) FB-Habitat-3018 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rainer Froese 1991-05-01 00:00:00 2025-12-11 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=3018 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 126106); freshwater; brackish Dean, E.M., A.R. Cooper, L. Wang, W. Daniel, S. David, C. Ernzen, K.B. Gido, E Hale, T.J. Haxton, W. Kelso, N. Leonard, C. Lido, J. Margraf, M. Porter, C. Pennock, D. Propst, J. Ross, M.D. Staudinger, G. Whelan and D.M. Infante 2022 The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States of Mexico. J. Biogeography 49:1193-1203. (Ref. 126106)