Non-Native Aquatic Species Summaries

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Crustaceans
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Amphibians:

• Cuban treefrog -- Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
• Greenhouse frog -- Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Cope, 1862)
• Marine toad -- Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Puerto Rican coqui -- Eleutherodactylus coqui (Thomas)

Birds:

• Cattle egret -- Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• European starling -- Sturnus vulgaris (Linnaeus)
• House sparrow -- Passer domesticus (Linnaeus)
• Muscovy duck -- Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Crustaceans:

• Anchorworm -- Lernaea cyprinacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Barnacle -- Balanus trigonus (Darwin, 1854)
• Bristled river shrimp -- Macrobrachium olfersii (Wiegmann, 1836)
• Chinese mitten crab -- Eriocheir sinensis (Milne Edwards, 1853)
• Jumbo tiger prawn -- Penaeus monodon (Fabricius, 1798)
• Portunid crab -- Charybdis hellerii (Milne Edwards, 1867)
• Saber crab -- Platychirograpsus spectabilis (de Man, 1896)
• Serrated swimming crab -- Scylla serrata (Forsskål, 1755)
• Striped barnacle -- Balanus amphitrite (Darwin 1854)
• West Coast white shrimp -- Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)

Fishes:

• Asian swamp eel -- Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
• Bighead carp -- Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845)
• Black Acara -- Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1867)
• Black Chin Tilapia -- Sarotherodon melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852)
• Blue tilapia -- Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
• Brown hoplo -- Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828)
• Climbing perch -- Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1795)
• Common carp -- Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Convict cichlid -- Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum (Günther, 1867)
• Croaking gourami -- Trichopsis vittata (Cuvier, 1831)
• Firemouth Cichlid -- Cichlasoma meeki (Brind, 1918)
• Goldfish -- Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Grass carp -- Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)
• Green swordtail -- Xiphophorus helleri (Heckel, 1848)
• Jack Dempsey -- Cichlasoma octofasciatum (Regan, 1903)
• Jaguar Guapote -- Cichlasoma managuense (Günther, 1867)
• Jewel cichlid -- Hemichromis letourneauxi (Sauvage, 1880)
• Kissing gourami -- Helostoma temminckii (Cuvier, 1829)
• Mayan Cichlid -- Cichlasoma urophthalmus (Günther, 1862)
• Midas cichlid -- Cichlasoma citrinellum (Günther, 1864)
• Mozambique Tilapia -- Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
• Oriental weatherfish -- Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842)
• Oscar -- Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)
• Peacock Bass -- Cichla ocellaris (Schneider, 1801)
• Pike killifish -- Belonesox belizanus (Kner, 1860)
• Red eartheater -- Geophagus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791)
• Redbellied Pirhana -- Pygocentrus nattereri (Kner, 1860)
• Redbelly tilapia -- Tilapia zilli (Gervais, 1848)
• Rio Grande Cichlid -- Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum (Baird and Girard, 1854)
• Siamese fighting fish -- Betta splendens (Regan, 1910)
• Silver carp -- Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)
• Spotted tilapia -- Tilapia mariae (Boulenger, 1899)
• Suckermouth catfish -- Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tahira -- Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794)
• Tiger barb -- Puntius tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855)
• Walking Catfish -- Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Yellow-belly cichlid -- Cichlasoma salvini (Günther, 1862)
• Zebra danio -- Brachydanio rerio (Hamilton, 1822)

Invertebrates:

• -- Balanus reticulatus (Utinomi, 1967)
• -- Cleidodiscus amazonensis (Mizelle and Price, 1965)
• -- Dactyogyrus vastator (Nybelin, 1924)
• -- Geonemertes chalicophora (Grapff, 1879)
• -- Gnathophyllum modestum (Hay, 1917)
• -- Gyrodactylus elegans
• -- Ichthyophithirius multifilis (Fouquet, 1876)
• -- Mitraspora cyprini (Fujita, 1912)
• -- Oodinium pilularis
• -- Pleistophora hyphessobryconis (Schaperclaus, 1941)
• -- Protopalina symphysodonis (Foissner, Schubert and Wilbert, 1979)
• -- Pseudocolpenteron pavlovskyi
• -- Sphaeroma tenebrans (Bates, 1866)
• -- Trichodinella epizootica (Raabe, 1950)
• -- Urocleidoides reticulatus (Mizelle and Price, 1964)
• Black spot -- Cryptocotyle lingua (Creplin, 1825)
• Eel parasite -- Anguillicola crassus (Kuwahara, Niimi and Hagaki, 1974)
• Great Asian Tapeworm -- Bothriocephalus opsarichthydis (Yeh, 1955)
• Whirling disease -- Myxobolus (Lentospora) cerebralis (Hofer, 1903)

Mammals:

• Norway rat -- Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)
• Nutria -- Myocastor coypus (Kerr, 1792)
• Wild hog -- Sus scrofa (Linnaeus, 1758).

Mollusks:

• -- Cuthona perca (Marcus, 1958)
• -- Siphonaria pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Asian clam -- Corbicula fluminea (Muller, 1774)
• Asian trampsnail -- Bradybaena similaris (Ferussac, 1821)
• Banded treesnail -- Orthalicus floridensis (Pilsbry, 1899)
• Brown mussel -- Perna perna (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Channeled applesnail -- Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Chinese mystery snail -- Cipangopaludina chinensis (Reeve, 1863)
• Chinese mystery snail -- Viviparus malleatus (Reeve, 1863)
• Decollate snail -- Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Florida applesnail -- Pomacea paludosa (Say, 1829)
• Giant ramshorn snail -- Marisa cornuarietis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Graceful awlsnail -- Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834)
• Green mussel -- Perna viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Minature awlsnail -- Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1792)
• Quilted melania -- Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822)
• Red-rimmed melania -- Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774)
• Spiketop applesnail -- Pomacea bridgesi (Reeve, 1856)
• Two-tone gulella -- Huttonella bicolor (Hutton, 1834)
• Yellow gardenslug -- Limax flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Zebra mussel -- Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Reptiles:

• -- Chelus fimbriatus (Matamata)
• -- Kinosternon scorpioides
• -- Platemys platycephala
• Common caiman -- Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus)
• Red-eared slider -- Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied)

Viruses:

• Penaeus monodon-type baculovirus (MBV) -- PmSNPV J. Marie et al. 1993 or MBV-Type Virus
• Baculoviral midgut gland necrosis virus (BMNV) -- PjNOB I or Baculoviral Midgut (=hepatopancreas) Gland Necrosis Virus (BMNV)
• Infectious hypodermal -- Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHHNV)
• Lymphoidal Parvo-Like Virus (LPV) -- Lymphoidal Parvo-Like Virus (LPV)
• REO-III and REO-IV / Reo-like virus disease (RLV or REO) -- REO-Like Viruses (REO-III and REO-IV)
• Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV) -- Taura Syndrome Virus (TSV)
• White Spot Baculovirus (WSBV) -- White Spot Syndrome Baculovirus Complex (WSBV)
• Yellow-head Virus (YHV) -- Yellow-Head Virus (YHV)

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