Invasive Fish of Concern in Georgia


19 Species

Subject Name Scientific Name
blueback herring Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill, 1814)
goldfish Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
tambaquĆ­ Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816)
grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)
brook stickleback Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)
red shiner Cyprinella lutrensis (Baird and Girard, 1853)
western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)
blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus (Lesueur, 1840)
redbreast sunfish Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)
green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque 1819
spotted bass Micropterus punctulatus (Rafinesque, 1819)
Asian swamp eel Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793)
white perch Morone americana (Gmelin 1789)
yellow bass Morone mississippiensis (Jordan and Eigenmann, 1887)
black carp Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson, 1846)
blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris (Rafinesque, 1819)