| occurence | native | ||
| importance | Ref. | ||
| aquaculture | never/rarely | Ref. | |
| regulations | no regulations | Ref. | |
| freshwater | No | ||
| brackish | No | ||
| saltwater | Yes | ||
| live export | |||
| bait | No | ||
| game/sport | No | ||
| abundance | Ref. | ||
| comments | Catches have declined from more than 120000 t (live weight) in 1988 to 262 t in 1992. In more recent years catches have slowly risen to 2400 t in 1993 and about 3000 t in 1994. Known from Maryland to Florida, and Texas (Ref. 344). | ||
| C = country distribution; M = map distribution; O = occurrence data; R = regional distribution | |||
| States/Provinces | Alabama (native), Florida (native), Georgia (native), Louisiana (native), Maryland (native), Mississippi (native), North Carolina (native), South Carolina (native), Texas (native), Virginia (native) | ||
| States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
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| country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html | ||