| occurence | native | ||
| importance | Ref. | ||
| aquaculture | never/rarely | Ref. | |
| regulations | no regulations | Ref. | |
| freshwater | Yes | ||
| brackish | Yes | ||
| saltwater | Yes | ||
| live export | |||
| bait | No | ||
| game/sport | No | ||
| abundance | Ref. | ||
| comments | Reported as Trichechus manatus latirostris from Louisiana to Virginia, southeast United States (Ref. 1394) and around the entire Florida Peninsula; and as Trichechus manatus manatus which is vagrant in Texas and Louisiana (Ref. 1522). C: Refs. 1522, 1394, M: Ref. 1394, O: Ref. 1522. | ||
| C = country distribution; M = map distribution; O = occurrence data; R = regional distribution | |||
| States/Provinces | Alabama (native), Connecticut (native), Florida (questionable), Georgia (native), Louisiana (native), Maryland (native), Mississippi (native), New Jersey (native), North Carolina (native), Rhode Island (native), Texas (stray), Virginia (native) | ||
| States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
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| country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html | ||