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International Introductions of
Opisthonema libertate Introductions as compiled by FAO |
| Main Ref: | Bartley, D.M. (comp./ed.) 2006 | ||||
| To: | United States of America | ||||
| FAO area: | America, North - Inland waters | ||||
| From: | Mexico | ||||
| FAO area: | America, North - Inland waters | ||||
| Year: | 1953 | ||||
| Range: | - | ||||
| Period: | 1950-1974 | ||||
| Established in the wild: | not established, no data | ||||
| Established in aquaculture: | - rarely used | no data | |||
| Significant ecological interactions: | unknown - no data | ||||
| Significant socio-economic effects: | unknown - no data | ||||
| Introduced by: | unknown | ||||
| Reason: | unknown | ||||
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| Comments: | Intentionally stocked. Twenty-six fish were stocked in 1953. Stock was obtained from San Felipe, Mexico). The introduction failed to produced a viable population and the species is extirpated in the Salton Sea. Ref: | ||||
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