Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède)

Chan, Jeffery C. F., Tsang, Alphonse H. F., Yau, Sze-man, Hui, Tommy C. H., Lau, Anthony, Tan, Heok Hui, Low, Bi Wei, Dudgeon, David & Liew, Jia Huan, 2023, The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71, pp. 128-168 : 152

Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède)

(Fig. 51, [LU])

Distribution. Tai Tam Reservoir ( Man & Hodgkiss, 1981); Ho Pui Reservoir ( Lai, 2011); Hok Tau Reservoir ( Lai, 2011; AFCD, 2021c); Lau Shui Heung Reservoir (AFCD, 2021c); Hung Shui Hang Irrigation Reservoir, Lam Tei Irrigation Reservoir; Kwu Tung Reservoir, Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir, Plover Cove Reservoir (GBIF.org, 2021; current survey); Shing Mun Reservoir (current survey).

Native range. North America.

Remarks. First released into some local reservoirs for angling purposes around 1935 ( Law, 2006) and still has breeding populations.