United States (contiguous states) country information
Common names:
Atlantic rainbow smelt, Ichloanik, Ilhuagnik
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
common (usually seen)
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Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Importance:
minor commercial
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Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture:
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Regulations:
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Known from the Atlantic drainages from Maine to Delaware River in Pennsylvania, USA and west through Great lakes (Ref. 86798). Introduced to Lake Superior in the early 1930s. Reached commercially harvestable levels by 1952 and eventually replaced lake herring as the dominant planktivore. In 1970, its decline led to the increase in lake herring population (Ref. 9041). Also Ref. 6793, 10294, 96339.
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:
