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n=69 | Species introduction records list
 
# Species Year Period From - To Reason Established in the wild Ref. no.
1 Clarias gariepinus   unknown Côte d'Ivoire - Netherlands  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
2 Clarias gariepinus  1974 1950-1974 Central African Republic - Viet Nam  aquaculture  established 013686
3 Clarias gariepinus  1981 1975-1999 Egypt - China  aquaculture  established 055380
4 Clarias gariepinus  1986 1975-1999 Africa - Brazil  aquaculture  established 013686
5 Coptodon guineensis  1978 1975-1999 Côte d'Ivoire - USSR  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
6 Coptodon rendalli  1953 1950-1974 Zaire - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
7 Coptodon rendalli  1955 1950-1974 Zaire - Sri Lanka  aquaculture  established 001739
8 Coptodon rendalli  1969 1950-1974 East Africa - Sri Lanka  aquaculture  established 001739
9 Coptodon rendalli  1981 1975-1999 South Africa - Taiwan  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
10 Coptodon zillii   unknown tropical North Africa - western Australia  no data  not established 075154
11 Coptodon zillii   unknown Egypt - Iraq  aquaculture  established 027435
12 Coptodon zillii  1962 1950-1974 Egypt - Japan  aquaculture  established 006094
13 Coptodon zillii  1963 1950-1974 South Africa - Taiwan  research  probably established 001739
14 Coptodon zillii  1969 1950-1974 East Africa - Sri Lanka  research  probably not established 013686
15 Gnathonemus petersii  1990 1975-1999 Africa - China  ornamental  unknown 055380
16 Hemichromis bimaculatus   unknown West Africa - USA  ornamental  established 013686
17 Hemichromis bimaculatus   unknown Liberia - Canada  ornamental  probably established 001739
18 Hemichromis bimaculatus   unknown West Africa - Australia  ornamental  established 001739
19 Heterotilapia buttikoferi   1975-1999 Africa - Singapore  ornamental  established 051823
20 Heterotilapia buttikoferi  2000 2000-present Western Africa - United States of America  no data  probably not established 074657
21 Labeotropheus fuelleborni   unknown Africa - Israel  ornamental  established 074657
22 Lates angustifrons  1975 1975-1999 Africa - United States of America  research  not established 074657
23 Lates mariae  1981 1975-1999 Africa - United States of America  angling/sport  not established 074657
24 Lates microlepis  1981 1975-1999 Tanzania - USA  angling/sport  not established 001739
25 Lates niloticus  1979 1975-1999 Africa - USA  angling/sport  not established 001739
26 Lates niloticus  1982 1975-1999 Ethiopia - Cuba  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
27 Maylandia lombardoi   unknown Africa - Israel  ornamental  established 074657
28 Melanochromis auratus   unknown Africa - Israel  ornamental  established 074657
29 Nothobranchius guentheri   unknown East Africa - India  mosquito control  probably not established 013686
30 Oreochromis aureus  1957 1950-1974 Africa - USA  aquaculture  established 013686
31 Oreochromis aureus  1984 1975-1999 Lake Manzalla, Egypt - Israel  aquaculture  probably not established 000088
32 Oreochromis aureus  1985 1975-1999 Egypt - Pakistan  fisheries  established 013686
33 Oreochromis macrochir  1957 1950-1974 Zaire - Hawaii  aquaculture  established 001739
34 Oreochromis mossambicus   unknown South Africa - Jordan River  unknown  unknown 013609
35 Oreochromis mossambicus  1939 1925-1949 East Africa - Indonesia  aquaculture  established 013686
36 Oreochromis mossambicus  1951 1950-1974 Africa - USA  ornamental  established 013686
37 Oreochromis mossambicus  1951 1950-1974 Africa - Viet Nam  aquaculture  established 013686
38 Oreochromis mossambicus  1951 1950-1974 Egypt - Pakistan  aquaculture  established 013686
39 Oreochromis mossambicus  1951 1950-1974 East Africa - Sri Lanka  aquaculture  established 028682
40 Oreochromis mossambicus  1958 1950-1974 Madagascar - France  unknown  not established 057960
41 Oreochromis mossambicus  1966 1950-1974 South Africa - Israel  aquaculture  not established 037616
42 Oreochromis niloticus  1962 1950-1974 Egypt - Japan  aquaculture  established 000024
43 Oreochromis niloticus  1964 1950-1974 Africa - Mexico  aquaculture  established 013686
44 Oreochromis niloticus  1966 1950-1974 Lake Rudolf, Kenya - Israel  aquaculture  unknown 002679
45 Oreochromis niloticus  1969 1950-1974 Lake George - Israel  aquaculture  Unknown 000088
46 Oreochromis niloticus  1969 1950-1974 Kenya - Israel  aquaculture  not established 013686
47 Oreochromis niloticus  1971 1950-1974 Côte d'Ivoire - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
48 Oreochromis niloticus  1978 1975-1999 Nile River - China  aquaculture  probably established 013686
49 Oreochromis niloticus  1985 1975-1999 Egypt - Pakistan  aquaculture  established 013686
50 Oreochromis niloticus  1985 1975-1999 Sudan - Czech Republic  research  not established 089325
51 Oreochromis niloticus  1990 1975-1999 Egypt - Colombia  aquaculture  unknown 074657
52 Oreochromis spilurus   unknown Africa - Kuwait  aquaculture  established 074657
53 Oreochromis urolepis   1950-1974 Côte d'Ivoire - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
54 Oreochromis urolepis  1958 1950-1974 Zanzibar, Tanzania - Malaysia  aquaculture  unknown 000088
55 Oreochromis urolepis  1969 1950-1974 East Africa - Sri Lanka  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
56 Oreochromis urolepis  1972 1950-1974 Africa - United States of America  no data  established 074657
57 Osphronemus goramy   19th century Mauritius - India  aquaculture  established 013686
58 Osphronemus goramy   19th century Mauritius - France  unknown  unknown 013364
59 Osphronemus goramy  1950 1950-1974 Côte d'Ivoire - Singapore  aquaculture  established 038466
60 Pelmatolapia mariae   unknown West Africa - Russian Fed  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
61 Pelmatolapia mariae  1974 1950-1974 West Africa - USA  ornamental  established 013686
62 Pelvicachromis pulcher  1984 1975-1999 Nigeria - Hawaii  ornamental  established 009420
63 Polypterus delhezi  2001 2000-present Congo - United States of America  no data  probably not established 074657
64 Pygocentrus nattereri   1950-1974 Brazil (River Doce State Park southeastern Brazil) - Brazil (Amazon Basin)  no data  established 074657
65 Salmo macrostigma   unknown Morocco - Canada  angling/sport  not established 001995
66 Sarotherodon galilaeus  1978 1975-1999 Sudan - China  aquaculture  not established 001739
67 Sarotherodon melanotheron   1950-1974 West Africa - USA  ornamental  established 013686
68 Sarotherodon melanotheron  2002 2000-present Ghana - China  no data  unknown 074657
69 Tropheops tropheops   unknown Africa - Israel  ornamental  established 074657
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