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Common Name: eastern silvery minnow
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Smith (1985); Page and Burr (1991); Jenkins and Burkhead (1994).
Size: 12 cm.
Native Range: Atlantic Slope from St. Lawrence River drainage, Quebec, to Altamaha River drainage, Georgia; Lake Ontario drainage, Ontario and New York (Page and Burr 1991).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: This species is known from Fish Brook in the Kennebec River drainage in Fairfield, Kennebec County, Maine (Kircheis 1994).
Means of Introduction: First observed in Maine in 1982, probably bait bucket release of illegally imported baitfish (Kircheis 1994).
Status: Established in Maine. The species was first observed in the Kennebec River drainage in 1982; first confirmed reproduction also was 1982 (Kircheis 1994).
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: None.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 6/19/2000 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Hybognathus regius. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=546> Revision Date: 6/19/2000
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