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Origin and dispersal of bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus, in Japan and Korea.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2006
Kawamura Kouichi, Yonekura Ryuji, Katano Osamu, Taniguchi Yoshinori, Saitoh Kenji
Abstract excerpt
The bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus, is a notorious exotic species in many freshwater ecosystems, currently expanding its distribution worldwide. In 1960, a small group of bluegills captured in the Mississippi River at Guttenberg in Iowa were imported to Japan as a gift from the mayor of Chicago to the Japanese government. The offspring of these fish were released into the wild in Japan and also in Korea....
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