Everglades Invasive Fish


Sohal surgeonfishAcanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775)
Midas cichlidAmphilophus citrinellus (Günther, 1864)
convict cichlidArchocentrus nigrofasciatus (Günther, 1867)
oscarAstronotus ocellatus (Agassiz in Spix and Agassiz, 1831)
pike killifishBelonesox belizanus (Kner, 1860)
peacock hindCephalopholis argus Bloch and Schneider, 1801
redstriped butterflyfishChaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
bullseye snakeheadChanna marulius (Hamilton, 1822)
clown knifefishChitala ornata (Gray, 1831)
panther grouperChromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1828)
butterfly peacock bassCichla ocellaris Bloch and Schneider, 1801
black acaraCichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
yellowbelly cichlidCichlasoma salvini (Günther, 1862)
Mayan cichlidCichlasoma urophthalma (Günther, 1862)
walking catfishClarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)
tambaquíColossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816)
grass carpCtenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)
common carpCyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
redstriped eartheaterGeophagus surinamensis (Bloch, 1791)
African jewelfishHemichromis letourneuxi Sauvage, 1880
banded cichlidHeros severus Heckel, 1840
brown hoploHoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828)
bighead carpHypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845)
suckermouth catfishHypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758)
peacock eelMacrognathus siamensis (Günther, 1861)
oriental weatherfishMisgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842)
Asian swamp eelMonopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
Orangespine unicornfishNaso lituratus (Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
blue tilapiaOreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
Mozambique tilapiaOreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
hybrid tilapiaOreochromis mossambicus x hornorum N/A
blue tilapiasOreochromis spp. Günther, 1889
arawanaOsteoglossum bicirrhosum (Cuvier, 1829)
jaguar guapoteParachromis managuensis (Günther, 1867)
red-bellied pacuPiaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1817)
small-scaled pacuPiaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887)
pacusPiaractus spp. Eigenmann, 1903
orbiculate batfishPlatax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775)
Arabian angelPomacanthus asfur (Forsskål, 1775)
lionfishPterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
vermiculated sailfin catfishPterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991)
Orinoco sailfin catfishPterygoplichthys multiradiatus (Hancock, 1828)
blackchin tilapiaSarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852)
brushtooth tilapiasSarotherodon spp. Rüppell, 1852
firemouth cichlidThorichthys meeki Brind
spotted tilapiaTilapia mariae (Boulenger, 1899)
speckled tilapiasTilapia spp. Smith, 1840
croaking gouramiTrichopsis vittata (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1831)
green swordtailXiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848
southern platyfishXiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866)
variable platyfishXiphophorus variatus (Meek, 1904)