Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.24-025 - J1.04 Prohibited Exotic Aquatic Species List (Fish, Crustaceans, and Mollusks)

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Prohibited Species:
The following organisms have been legally listed as exotic,
				harmful or potentially harmful In accordance with Code 26.13, it is unlawful to
				import sell purchase, trade, stock, culture, transport, or possess any live
				specimen, including viable eggs or hybrids of species commonly known as:
Fish
* Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus
* Blueback Herring
Alosa aestivalis
* Eurasian Ruffe
Gymnocephalus cernua
* Mexican Banded Tetra
Astyanax aeneus
*
Orfe Leuciscus idus
* Piranha
Family Serrasalmidae
(all
				species)
*
Roach Rutilus rutilus
* Round Goby
Neogobius melanostromus
* Rudd
Scardinus erthropthalmus
* Snakehead
Family Channidae
(all
				species)
* Stickleback
Family Gasteroseidae
(all
				species)
* Walking Catfishes
Family Clariidae
(all
				species)
* White Perch
Morone americana
* Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens
* Prussian Carp
Carassius gibelio
* Crucian Carp
Carassius carassius
* Wels Catfish
Silurus glanis
* Largescale Silver Carp
Hypophthalmichthys
				harmandi
* Eurasian Minnow
Phoxinus phoxinus
* Stone Moroko
Pseudorasbora parva
* European Perch
Perca fluviatilis
* Nile Perch
Lates niloticus
* Amur Sleeper
Perccottus glenii
* Zander
Sander lucioperca
Crustaceans
* Chinese Mitten Crab
Ericher sinensis
* Marbled Crayfish
Procambarus
				virginalis
* Everglades Crayfish
Procambarus
				alleni
* Redclaw Crayfish
Family Cherax
* Rusty Crayfish
Orconectes rusticus
*
Smooth Marron Cherax cainii
* Yabby
Cherax destructor
Mollusks
* Big-Ear Radix
Radix auricularia
* Channeled Apple Snail
Pomacea
				canaliculata
* Giant Apple Snail
Pomacea maculata
* Golden Mussel
Limnoperna fortunei
* Chinese Mystery Snail
Cipangopaludina
				chinensis
* Japanese Mystery Snail
Cipangopaludina
				japonica
* Ghost Ramshorn Snail
Biomphalaria
				havanensis
* New Zealand Mud Snail
Potamopyrgus
				antipodarum
* Quagga Mussel
Dreissena bugensis
* Quilted Melania
Tarebia granifera
* Red-rim Melania
Melanoides
				tuberculata
* Zebra Mussel
Dreissena polymorpha
Modification of Lists:
This list is subject to change. Any individual may petition
				AGFC to add or remove species on the
Prohibited Exotic Aquatic Species
				List.
The petition must provide thorough documentation of why a
				species should or should not be included on a list. Petitions must address the
				biological threat of the species, including native range, habitats utilized,
				movement patterns, spawning requirements, reproductive rate, food habits, and
				temperature, pathogens of concern, and water-quality limitations. Documentation
				of any introductions or escapes outside the species' native range must be
				included and evaluate the potential impacts to native species through
				predation, competition, disease transmission and displacement. Petitions must
				include copies of all pertinent reference material.
Petitions to add or remove species on the
Prohibited
				Exotic Aquatic Species List
will be responded to by the Chief of
				Fisheries after thorough scientific review of the species and a consultation
				with an advisory board representing AGFC staff.