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Tidewater Silverside

Menidia peninsulae

Classification

Menidia audens, the Mississippi silverside, is a neotropical silverside native to Central North America, where it is found in east Texas, eastern Mississippi, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Southeast Missouri, southwest Illinois, parts of western Kentucky and Tennessee, and South Central Kansas. The species has been introduced to California, Central Oklahoma, parts of western Kentucky, much of Tennessee, northeast Mississippi, northern Alabama, northern Georgia, and western North Carolina. Throughout most of its introduced range it is considered invasive and has displaced many native fishes…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 129