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Introduced from: America, North - Inland waters to: America, South - Inland waters

n=207 | Species introduction records list
 
# Species Year Period From - To Reason Established in the wild Ref. no.
1 Acipenser baerii   unknown Unknown - Uruguay river, Uruguay  aquaculture  unknown 056821
2 Acipenser baerii   unknown Unknown - Argentina  diffused from other countries  unknown 056821
3 Ameiurus melas  1907 1900-1924 USA - Chile  fisheries  established 001739
4 Ameiurus nebulosus  1908 1900-1924 USA - Chile  fisheries  probably established 001739
5 Anguilla anguilla  1977 1975-1999 France - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 001739
6 Anguilla japonica   1975-1999 Japan - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 001739
7 Apistogramma erythrura   Unknown province of Beni - Lago das Cobras  aquaculture  probably established 079632
8 Astronotus ocellatus   1950-1974 Brazil (River Doce State Park southeastern Brazil) - Brazil (Amazon Basin)  no data  established 074657
9 Australoheros facetus   unknown Argentina - Chile  ornamental  established 001739
10 Betta splendens   unknown Unknown - Colombia  aquaculture  established 001739
11 Betta splendens   unknown Unknown - Brazil  ornamental  established 001739
12 Carassius auratus   unknown Unknown - Uruguay  accidental  probably established 013686
13 Carassius auratus   unknown Unknown - Peru  ornamental  established 001739
14 Carassius auratus   unknown Unknown - Bolivia  ornamental  established 001739
15 Carassius auratus   19th century Unknown - Argentina  ornamental  probably established 001739
16 Carassius auratus   1900-1924 Japan - Brazil  ornamental  established 001739
17 Carassius auratus  1856 19th century Unknown - Chile  ornamental  established 001739
18 Carassius auratus  1940 1925-1949 USA - Colombia  forage  established 001739
19 Carassius carassius   unknown Unknown - Chile  ornamental  established 001739
20 Cheirodon interruptus   unknown Unknown - Chile  unknown  unknown 037055
21 Cichla piquiti   unknown Unknown - Paraguay  no data  established 057716
22 Clarias gariepinus   unknown Unknown - Argentina  unknown  established 056821
23 Clarias gariepinus  1986 1975-1999 Africa - Brazil  aquaculture  established 013686
24 Cnesterodon decemmaculatus   unknown Argentina - Chile  ornamental  probably not established 001739
25 Colossoma macropomum   unknown Unknown - Ciénaga de Santa Marta, Magdalena river  unknown  established 078646
26 Colossoma macropomum  2002 2000-present Brazil - Guyana  aquaculture  probably established 074657
27 Coptodon rendalli  1953 1950-1974 Zaire - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
28 Coptodon rendalli  1962 1950-1974 USA - Colombia  aquaculture  established 001739
29 Coptodon rendalli  1966 1950-1974 Brazil - Peru  aquaculture  established 001739
30 Coregonus clupeaformis  1904 1900-1924 Unknown - Argentina  fisheries  probably established 001739
31 Coregonus clupeaformis  1930 1925-1949 Unknown - Chile  fisheries  established 001739
32 Ctenopharyngodon idella   unknown Unknown - Uruguay  research  unknown 000048
33 Ctenopharyngodon idella   unknown Unknown - Colombia  aquaculture  not established 001739
34 Ctenopharyngodon idella  1975 1975-1999 Japan - Argentina  aquaculture  established 001739
35 Ctenopharyngodon idella  1979 1975-1999 Panama - Peru  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
36 Ctenopharyngodon idella  1981 1975-1999 Unknown - Bolivia  aquaculture  not established 001739
37 Ctenopharyngodon idella  1982 1975-1999 Jamaica - Guyana  research  unknown 026042
38 Cyprinus carpio   unknown Unknown - Paraguay  aquaculture  unknown 012228
39 Cyprinus carpio   unknown Unknown - Ecuador  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
40 Cyprinus carpio   19th century Brazil - Argentina  aquaculture  established 001739
41 Cyprinus carpio  1850 19th century Brazil - Uruguay  accidental  established 013686
42 Cyprinus carpio  1850 19th century Argentina - Uruguay  accidental  established 013686
43 Cyprinus carpio  1875 19th century Germany - Chile  fisheries  established 001739
44 Cyprinus carpio  1898 19th century USA - Brazil  aquaculture  established 013686
45 Cyprinus carpio  1898 19th century Hungary - Brazil  aquaculture  established 013686
46 Cyprinus carpio  1940 1925-1949 Unknown - Colombia  aquaculture  established 001739
47 Cyprinus carpio  1940 1925-1949 Unknown - Venezuela  fisheries  established 001739
48 Cyprinus carpio  1946 1925-1949 Japan - Peru  aquaculture  established 001739
49 Cyprinus carpio  1946 1925-1949 China - Peru  aquaculture  established 001739
50 Cyprinus carpio  1946 1925-1949 Mexico - Bolivia  aquaculture  established 013686
51 Cyprinus carpio  1946 1925-1949 Colombia - Bolivia  aquaculture  established 013686
52 Cyprinus carpio  1946 1925-1949 Brazil - Bolivia  aquaculture  established 013686
53 Cyprinus carpio  1968 1950-1974 Japan - Suriname  unknown  probably established 001739
54 Danio rerio   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
55 Devario malabaricus   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
56 Gambusia affinis   unknown Unknown - Bolivia  mosquito control  established 001739
57 Gambusia affinis  1937 1925-1949 Unknown - Chile  mosquito control  established 001739
58 Gambusia affinis  1940 1925-1949 Central America - Peru  mosquito control  established 001739
59 Gambusia affinis  1943 1925-1949 Unknown - Argentina  mosquito control  established 001739
60 Gymnocorymbus ternetzi   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
61 Helostoma temminkii   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
62 Hyphessobrycon eques   unknown Unknown - French Guiana  unknown  probably established 012225
63 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix   unknown Unknown - Argentina  aquaculture  unknown 056821
64 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix  1968 1950-1974 Japan - Brazil  aquaculture  probably not established 013686
65 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix  1968 1950-1974 Hungary - Brazil  aquaculture  probably not established 013686
66 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix  1968 1950-1974 China - Brazil  aquaculture  probably not established 013686
67 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix  1979 1975-1999 Panama - Peru  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
68 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix  1988 1975-1999 Taiwan - Colombia  aquaculture  unknown 001739
69 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis   1975-1999 Israel - Bolivia  aquaculture  not established 013686
70 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis   1950-1974 Unknown - Argentina  aquaculture  unknown 056821
71 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1976 1975-1999 Taiwan - Costa Rica  aquaculture  not established 001739
72 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1979 1975-1999 China - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 013686
73 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1979 1975-1999 Panama - Peru  aquaculture  not established 001739
74 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1979 1975-1999 Israel - Peru  aquaculture  not established 001739
75 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1983 1975-1999 Hungary - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 013686
76 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1988 1975-1999 Taiwan - Colombia  aquaculture  not established 001739
77 Ictalurus punctatus  1971 1950-1974 USA - Brazil  aquaculture  unknown 001739
78 Lepomis cyanellus   1925-1949 USA - Brazil  forage  established 001739
79 Lepomis gibbosus   unknown Unknown - Venezuela  unknown  unknown 001739
80 Lepomis gibbosus   unknown Unknown - Chile  unknown  probably established 001739
81 Lepomis macrochirus   unknown USA - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 001739
82 Lepomis macrochirus   1950-1974 USA - Venezuela  unknown  probably established 001739
83 Lepomis microlophus   unknown USA - Panama  forage  unknown 001739
84 Micropterus salmoides   unknown Unknown - Ecuador  unknown  unknown 001739
85 Micropterus salmoides   unknown USA - Colombia  angling/sport  established 001739
86 Micropterus salmoides   unknown Unknown - Bolivia  unknown  established 001739
87 Micropterus salmoides   1900-1924 USA - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 001739
88 Micropterus salmoides  1959 1950-1974 USA - Argentina  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
89 Morone saxatilis   unknown United States - Entre Rios province, Argentina  aquaculture  probably established 056821
90 Morone saxatilis   1975-1999 USA - Ecuador  angling/sport  established 013686
91 Odontesthes bonariensis   1925-1949 Argentina - Chile  fisheries  established 001739
92 Odontesthes bonariensis  1945 1925-1949 Argentina - Brazil  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
93 Odontesthes bonariensis  1946 1925-1949 Argentina - Bolivia  aquaculture  established 013686
94 Odontesthes bonariensis  1955 1950-1974 Argentina - Peru  diffused from other countries  established 001739
95 Oliotius oligolepis   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
96 Oncorhynchus gorbuscha   unknown USA - Chile  aquaculture  unknown 001739
97 Oncorhynchus gorbuscha   unknown Unknown - Argentina  unknown  unknown 013364
98 Oncorhynchus keta  1970 1950-1974 USA - Chile  fisheries  probably established 013364
99 Oncorhynchus keta  1970 1950-1974 Japan - Chile  fisheries  probably established 001739
100 Oncorhynchus kisutch   1900-1924 USA - Chile  aquaculture  established 001739
101 Oncorhynchus kisutch  1904 1900-1924 USA - Argentina  fill ecological niche  probably not established 001739
102 Oncorhynchus masou masou   1950-1974 Japan - Chile  aquaculture  probably established 001739
103 Oncorhynchus mykiss   unknown UK - Guyana  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
104 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1904 1900-1924 USA - Argentina  aquaculture  established 001739
105 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1905 1900-1924 Germany - Chile  angling/sport  established 001739
106 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1913 1900-1924 UK - Brazil  aquaculture  probably established 001739
107 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1926 1925-1949 USA - Colombia  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
108 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1927 1925-1949 USA - Peru  fisheries  established 001739
109 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1928 1925-1949 USA - Ecuador  aquaculture  probably established 001739
110 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1934 1925-1949 USA - Venezuela  aquaculture  probably established 001739
111 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1942 1925-1949 Chile - Bolivia  fisheries  established 013686
112 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1942 1925-1949 USA - Bolivia  fisheries  established 013686
113 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1957 1950-1974 Argentina - Uruguay  aquaculture  not established 013686
114 Oncorhynchus nerka   1900-1924 USA - Argentina  fill ecological niche  not established 001739
115 Oncorhynchus tshawytscha  1900 1900-1924 USA - Chile  fisheries  established 001739
116 Oncorhynchus tshawytscha  1904 1900-1924 USA - Argentina  fill ecological niche  established 001739
117 Oreochromis aureus  1965 1950-1974 USA - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
118 Oreochromis aureus  1983 1975-1999 Cuba - Peru  aquaculture  established 001739
119 Oreochromis aureus  1990 1975-1999 Israel - Colombia  aquaculture  unknown 074657
120 Oreochromis mossambicus   1950-1974 Unknown - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
121 Oreochromis mossambicus   unknown Unknown - Ecuador  unknown  not established 013364
122 Oreochromis mossambicus  1951 1950-1974 Haiti - Guyana  aquaculture  established 001739
123 Oreochromis mossambicus  1953 1950-1974 Jamaica - Colombia  aquaculture  established 074657
124 Oreochromis mossambicus  1957 1950-1974 Suriname - Curaçao  aquaculture  established 046658
125 Oreochromis mossambicus  1958 1950-1974 Trinidad - Venezuela  aquaculture  established 001739
126 Oreochromis mossambicus  1959 1950-1974 Unknown - Suriname  aquaculture  probably established 013364
127 Oreochromis mossambicus  1960 1950-1974 USA - Colombia  aquaculture  established 001739
128 Oreochromis mossambicus  1981 1975-1999 Panama - Peru  aquaculture  established 001739
129 Oreochromis mossambicus  1983 1975-1999 Brazil - Bolivia  aquaculture  established 001739
130 Oreochromis mossambicus  1988 1975-1999 Paraguay - Argentina  aquaculture  not established 013686
131 Oreochromis niloticus   unknown Unknown - Guyana  aquaculture  unknown 046247
132 Oreochromis niloticus   unknown Unknown - Ecuador  aquaculture  established 001739
133 Oreochromis niloticus   1950-1974 Brazil - Bolivia  aquaculture  established 013686
134 Oreochromis niloticus   1925-1949 Unknown - Argentina  aquaculture  not established 056821
135 Oreochromis niloticus  1971 1950-1974 Côte d'Ivoire - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
136 Oreochromis niloticus  1979 1975-1999 Brazil - Peru  aquaculture  established 001739
137 Oreochromis niloticus  1979 1975-1999 Brazil - Colombia  aquaculture  established 074657
138 Oreochromis niloticus  1980 1975-1999 Panama - Colombia  aquaculture  established 001739
139 Oreochromis niloticus  1990 1975-1999 Egypt - Colombia  aquaculture  unknown 074657
140 Oreochromis niloticus  2003 2000-present Unknown - Galapagos Is.  unknown  established 074657
141 Oreochromis urolepis   unknown Unknown - Colombia  aquaculture  probably established 001739
142 Oreochromis urolepis   1950-1974 Côte d'Ivoire - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
143 Oreochromis urolepis  1978 1975-1999 Panama - Peru  aquaculture  probably established 074657
144 Oreochromis urolepis  1978 1975-1999 Brazil - Peru  aquaculture  probably established 001739
145 Oreochromis urolepis  1985 1975-1999 Brazil - Colombia  aquaculture  probably established 074657
146 Osphronemus goramy   unknown Unknown - Colombia  accidental  established 001739
147 Pethia conchonius   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
148 Pethia gelius   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
149 Pethia nigrofasciata   unknown Sri Lanka - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
150 Piaractus brachypomus  1980 1975-1999 Brazil - Peru  aquaculture  unknown 001739
151 Piaractus brachypomus  1988 1975-1999 Brazil - Colombia  aquaculture  unknown 001739
152 Piaractus mesopotamicus  1988 1975-1999 Brazil - Colombia  aquaculture  unknown 074657
153 Poecilia latipinna   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
154 Poecilia reticulata  1940 1925-1949 Central America - Peru  mosquito control  established 001739
155 Poecilia reticulata  1940 1925-1949 Unknown - Colombia  mosquito control  established 001739
156 Poecilia velifera   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
157 Poeciliopsis gracilis   unknown Unknown - Venezuela  ornamental  established 001739
158 Pterophyllum scalare  1968 1950-1974 Guyana - Suriname  unknown  probably established 001739
159 Puntigrus tetrazona   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
160 Puntigrus tetrazona  1979 1975-1999 Netherlands - Suriname  unknown  probably not established 001739
161 Puntius titteya   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
162 Pygocentrus nattereri   1950-1974 Brazil (River Doce State Park southeastern Brazil) - Brazil (Amazon Basin)  no data  established 074657
163 Rasbora trilineata   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
164 Salmo salar  1904 1900-1924 Canada - Argentina  aquaculture  established 001739
165 Salmo salar  1935 1925-1949 Germany - Chile  angling/sport  established 001739
166 Salmo salar  1957 1950-1974 USA - Brazil  angling/sport  not established 001739
167 Salmo salar  1960 1950-1974 UK - Falkland Islands (Malvinas)  angling/sport  not established 001739
168 Salmo trutta   unknown Unknown - Chile  aquaculture  unknown 052860
169 Salmo trutta   unknown Unknown - Argentina  no data  probably established 009086
170 Salmo trutta  1892 19th century UK - Colombia  unknown  not established 001739
171 Salmo trutta  1904 1900-1924 United States of America - Argentina  angling/sport  established 074657
172 Salmo trutta  1905 1900-1924 Europe - Chile  angling/sport  established 001739
173 Salmo trutta  1909 1900-1924 England - Argentina  angling/sport  established 056821
174 Salmo trutta  1928 1925-1949 Chile - Peru  angling/sport  established 001739
175 Salmo trutta  1939 1925-1949 USA - Bolivia  fisheries  established 013686
176 Salmo trutta  1950 1950-1974 Chile - Ecuador  unknown  unknown 001739
177 Salmo trutta  1955 1950-1974 UK - Falkland Islands (Malvinas)  angling/sport  established 001739
178 Salvelinus fontinalis   unknown Unknown - Ecuador  unknown  unknown 001739
179 Salvelinus fontinalis   unknown Canada - Chile  angling/sport  established 001739
180 Salvelinus fontinalis   1925-1949 Chile - Falkland Islands  unknown  established 013364
181 Salvelinus fontinalis  1904 1900-1924 USA - Argentina  angling/sport  established 001739
182 Salvelinus fontinalis  1937 1925-1949 USA - Venezuela  unknown  established 001739
183 Salvelinus fontinalis  1948 1925-1949 Chile - Bolivia  angling/sport  established 001739
184 Salvelinus fontinalis  1955 1950-1974 USA - Peru  fill ecological niche  established 001739
185 Salvelinus fontinalis  1955 1950-1974 Unknown - Colombia  unknown  not established 001739
186 Salvelinus namaycush  1904 1900-1924 USA - Argentina  angling/sport  established 001739
187 Salvelinus namaycush  1936 1925-1949 USA - Bolivia  angling/sport  not established 001739
188 Salvelinus namaycush  1940 1925-1949 USA - Peru  angling/sport  probably not established 001739
189 Sarotherodon melanotheron   unknown Unknown - Suriname  unknown  probably established 026372
190 Scleropages formosus   unknown Unknown - Brazil  ornamental  no data 000000
191 Scophthalmus maximus   unknown Unknown - Chile  aquaculture  not established 013686
192 Symphysodon aequifasciatus   1950-1974 Unknown - Guyana  ornamental  unknown 040602
193 Symphysodon aequifasciatus  1994 1975-1999 Unknown - Suriname  ornamental  unknown 040602
194 Tanichthys albonubes   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
195 Thorichthys meeki   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
196 Tinca tinca  1908 1900-1924 Unknown - Chile  aquaculture  established 001739
197 Trichogaster fasciata   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
198 Trichogaster labiosa   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
199 Trichogaster lalius   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
200 Trichopodus leerii   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
201 Trichopodus microlepis   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
202 Trichopodus pectoralis   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
203 Trichopodus trichopterus   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
204 Xiphophorus hellerii   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
205 Xiphophorus maculatus   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
206 Xiphophorus maculatus   unknown Unknown - Brazil  no data  established 050894
207 Xiphophorus variatus   unknown Unknown - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
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