The native range of this species emcompasses the Atlantic Slope from the St.Lawrence River drainage basin in Quebec, to Lake Okeechobee in Florida. The distribution of this species also extends from the Gulf drainage basins, west to the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes basins and Brazos River, Texas; north to Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan and southern Ontario. This species is absent in the Appalachian uplands (Lee et al. 1980; Page and Burr 1991).This species has also been introduced to various locations in the western United States (e.g. Washington, California, Colorado) and eastern United States.