Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Tampa, Interbay Peninsula/FL/in a canal just E of Manhattan Avenue and N of Mango Avenue (1996, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009)

Geographic Extent

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula/FL/in a canal just E of Manhattan Avenue and N of Mango Avenue (1996, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); near Crystal Springs [just S of Zephyrhills/FL/Hillsborough River (2007, Rawlings et al. 2007); FL/Tampa Bay tributaries (widespread) (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 2006)