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Invasive and Exotic Fish with Images

The following species have been listed on an invasive species list in North America. For more information on each species, including the listing sources, images, and publication links, click on the species.

35 Records


Subject Name Scientific Name Family Order
alewife Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811) Clupeidae Clupeiformes
spotted tilapia Tilapia mariae (Boulenger, 1899) Cichlidae Perciformes
pike killifish Belonesox belizanus (Kner, 1860) Poeciliidae Cyprinodontiformes
oscar Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz in Spix and Agassiz, 1831) Cichlidae Perciformes
white perch Morone americana (Gmelin 1789) Moronidae Perciformes
Orinoco sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus (Hancock, 1828) Loricariidae Siluriformes
blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur, 1840) Ictaluridae Siluriformes
Mayan cichlid Cichlasoma urophthalma (Günther, 1862) Cichlidae Perciformes
white bass Morone chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820) Centrarchidae Perciformes
butterfly peacock bass Cichla ocellaris Bloch and Schneider, 1801 Cichlidae Perciformes
jaguar guapote Parachromis managuensis (Günther, 1867) Cichlidae Perciformes
blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) Cichlidae Perciformes
flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1819) Ictaluridae Siluriformes
round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) Gobiidae Perciformes
Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) Cichlidae Perciformes
black acara Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1758) Cichlidae Perciformes
spotted bass Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque, 1819) Centrarchidae Perciformes
Asian swamp eel Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793) Synbranchidae Synbranchiformes
green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque 1819 Centrarchidae Perciformes
Midas cichlid Amphilophus citrinellus (Günther, 1864) Cichlidae Perciformes
common carp Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 Cyprinidae Cypriniformes
redbreast sunfish Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) Centrarchidae Perciformes
goldfish Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cyprinidae Cypriniformes
African jewelfish Hemichromis letourneuxi Sauvage, 1880 Cichlidae Perciformes
northern snakehead Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) Channidae Perciformes
brown hoplo Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) Callichthyidae Siluriformes
blueback herring Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814) Clupeidae Clupeiformes
western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853) Poeciliidae Cyprinodontiformes
redstriped eartheater Geophagus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791) Cichlidae Perciformes
clown knifefish Chitala ornata (Gray, 1831) Notopteridae Osteoglossiformes
grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) Cyprinidae Cypriniformes
lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) Scorpaenidae Scorpaeniformes
Eurasian ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus (Linnaeus, 1758) Percidae Perciformes
walking catfish Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) Clariidae Siluriformes
bullseye snakehead Channa marulius (Hamilton, 1822) Channidae Perciformes


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