Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Records: VA/James River, York River , Potomac River (1953-1959, Jenkins and Burkhead 1993) Dorosoma petenense was stocked in these estuaries between 1953 and 1959 (Jenkins and Burkhead 1993). In 1967-1998 Striped Bass seine surveys, this species was ranked 14th in overall abundance, just below the native D. cepediamum (Gizzard Shad) (Virginia Institute of Marine Science 1998). In the Potomac, it was considered rare by Lippson and Moran (1974). It was collected (juveniles only) in Aquia and Piscataway Creeks and at Maryland Point; (Lippson et al. 1979).

Geographic Extent

VA/James River, York River , Potomac River (1953-1959, Jenkins and Burkhead 1993); DC/Pootmac River (1974, Lippson and Moran 1974); MD/Nanticoke River (); Edgewater/MD/Rhode River (11/16/12, Rob Aguilar, personal communication); Aberdeen/MD/upper Chesapeake Bay (1980, Lee et al. 1980);