|
Common Name
|
Scientific name
|
Year first
observed
|
Length of time
breeding
|
Method of
Introduction
|
|
Regionally established populations
Permanent populations that are found in several
counties or locations
|
|
African jewelfish
|
Hemichromis letourneuxi
|
1959
|
52 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Asian swamp
eel
|
Monopterus albus
|
1997
|
14 yrs
|
Possible aquaculture escape
|
|
Black
acara
|
Cichlasoma bimaculatum
|
early 1960s
|
50+ yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Blackchin tilapia
|
Sarotherodon melanotheron
|
early 1960s
|
50+ yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Blue
tilapia
|
Oreochromis aureus
|
1961
|
50 yrs
|
Escaped from FWC facility; moved by
commercial fishermen
|
|
Brown
hoplo
|
Hoplosternum littorale
|
1995
|
16 yrs
|
Unknown
|
|
Bullseye
snakehead
|
Channa marulius
|
2000
|
11 yrs
|
Unknown
|
|
Butterfly
peacock
|
Cichla ocellaris
|
1984
|
27 yrs
|
Released by FWC to control other
nonnative fishes
|
|
Clown
knifefish
|
Chitala ornata
|
1994
|
17 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Common
carp
|
Cyprinus carpio
|
late 1800s
|
130+ yrs
|
Expansion from Alabama of introduced
range
|
|
Jaguar
guapote
|
Cichlasoma managuense
|
1992
|
19 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Mayan
cichlid
|
Cichlasoma urophthalmus
|
1984
|
27 yrs
|
Possible aquarium release
|
|
Midas
cichlid
|
Cichlasoma citrinellum
|
1981
|
30 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Mozambique tilapia
|
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
early 1970s
|
40+ yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Orinoco sailfin catfish
|
Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus
|
1981
|
30 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Oscar
|
Astronotus ocellatus
|
1960
|
51 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Pike killifish
|
Belonesox belizanus
|
1957
|
54 yrs
|
Released by the Department of
Medicine, University of Miami
|
|
Rio Grande cichlid
|
Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum
|
early 1940s
|
70+ yrs
|
Possible aquaculture escape
|
|
Spotted
tilapia
|
Tilapia mariae
|
1974
|
37 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Suckermouth catfish
|
Hypostomus sp.
|
1958
|
53 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Vermiculated sailfin catfish
|
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus
|
1991
|
20 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Walking
catfish
|
Clarias batrachus
|
1967
|
44 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Yellowbelly cichlid
|
Cichlasoma salvini
|
1980
|
31 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Locally established populations
Permanent populations that are found within a single
county or from 1-2 locations
|
|
Silver dollar
|
Metynnis sp.
|
1980, 2005
|
6 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Variable platyfish
|
Xiphophorus variatus
|
1974
|
37
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Reproducing species (not established)
Species that reproduce but have not formed stable
populations
|
|
Banded cichlid
|
Heros severus
|
1993
|
18 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Bristlenosed catfish
|
Ancistrus sp.
|
2001
|
10 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Eartheater
|
Geophagus sp.
|
1981
|
30 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Eastern happy
|
Haplochromis callipterus
|
1998
|
13 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Hornet tilapia
|
Tilapia buttikoferi
|
2005
|
6 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Nile tilapia
|
Oreochromis niloticus
|
2006
|
5 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Oriental weatherfish
|
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
|
1988
|
23 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Spotfin spiny eel
|
Macrognathus siamensis
|
2002
|
9 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Theraps hybrid
|
Theraps melanurus x T. zonatus
|
2001
|
10 yrs
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Observed species (not reproducing)
|
|
Barred bichir
|
Polypterus delhezi
|
2001
|
1 or 2 individuals collected at one
location
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Black pacu
|
Colossoma macropomum
|
mid 1960s
|
Not breeding
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Cichlasoma hybrid
|
C. citrinellum x C. urophthalmus
|
2005
|
1 or 2 individuals collected at one
location
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
False Siamese shark
|
Platytropius siamensis
|
1988
|
1 or 2 individuals collected at one
location
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Grass
carp
|
Ctenopharyngodon idella
|
1972
|
Not breeding
|
Triploid (sterile) individuals
stocked to control aquatic plants
|
|
Northern snakehead
|
Channa argus
|
2000
|
1 or 2 individuals collected at one
location
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Redbellied pacu
|
Piaractus brachypomus
|
mid 1960s
|
Not breeding
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Extirpated species
Species that have been actively eliminated or have
naturally died out
|
|
Climbing perch
|
Anabas testudineus
|
late 1960s
|
Died out
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Convict cichlid
|
Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum
|
early 1960s
|
Eliminated by UF/IFAS
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Croaking gourami
|
Trichopsis vittata
|
1978
|
Died out
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Firemouth cichlid
|
Cichlasoma meeki
|
early 1960s
|
Died out
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Green swordtail
|
Xiphophorus hellerii
|
early 1970s
|
Died out
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Guppy
|
Poecilia reticulata
|
early 1970s
|
Died out
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Jack dempsey
|
Cichlasoma octofasciatum
|
late 1960s
|
Died out
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Pirambeba
|
Serrasalmus humeralis
|
early 1960s
|
Eliminated by FWC
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Redbelly tilapia
|
Tilapia zillii
|
1974
|
Eliminated by FWC
|
Unknown
|
|
Siamese fightingfish
|
Betta splendens
|
1969
|
Died out
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Southern platyfish
|
Xiphophorus maculatus
|
early 1970s
|
Died out
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Twospot ctenopoma
|
Ctenopoma nigropannosum
|
early 1970s
|
Died out
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
|
Trahira
|
Hoplias malabaricus
|
1974
|
Died out
|
Possible aquarium release and/or
aquaculture escape
|
|
Threespot cichlid
|
Cichlasoma trimaculatum
|
early 1970s
|
Eliminated by FWC
|
Aquarium release and/or aquaculture
escape
|
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