Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 2 - TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT › Chapter 57 - FISHERIES › Subchapter A - HARMFUL OR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL FISH, SHELLFISH, AND AQUATIC PLANTS › Section 57.112 - Exotic Harmful or Potentially Harmful Fish, Shellfish, and Aquatic Plants

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The exotic
				  species listed in this section are designated as harmful or potentially
				  harmful, including any hybrid of a species, subspecies, eggs, juveniles, seeds,
				  or reproductive or regenerative parts of any species.
(b) Scientific reclassification or change in
				  nomenclature of taxa at any level in taxonomic hierarchy will not, in and of
				  itself, result in removal from the list of exotic harmful or potentially
				  harmful species in this section.
(c) The following are harmful or potentially
				  harmful exotic species, listed alphabetically and by family:
(1) Fishes.
(A) Family Acestrorhynchidae (South American
				  pike characoids)--all species of genus Acestrorhynchus;
(B) Family Alestiidae (African tiger
				  fishes)--all species of genus Hydrocynus;
(C) Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels)--all
				  species of this family except Anguilla rostrata (American eel);
(D) Family Centropomidae (Nile perch)--all
				  species of genus Lates;
(E) Family
				  Cetopsidae (whale catfishes)--all species of this family;
(F) Family Characidae (dourados and
				  piranhas):
(i) Dourados--all species of genus
				  Salminus; and
(ii) Piranhas--all
				  species of genera Catoprion, Pristobrycon, Pygocentrus, Pygopristis, and
				  Serrasalmus;
(G) Family
				  Channidae (snakeheads)--all species of this family;
(H) Family Cichlidae (tilapia)--all species
				  of genera Coelotilapia, Coptodon Heterotilapia, Oreochromis, Pelmatolapia,
				  Sarotherodon, and Tilapia;
(I)
				  Family Citharinidae, subfamily Distichodontinae (African lute fishes)--all
				  species of genera Belonophago, Euganthichthys, Ichthyborus, Mesoborus, Phago,
				  and Paraphago;
(J) Family Clariidae
				  (walking catfishes)--all species of this family;
(K) Family Ctenoluciidae (South American pike
				  characids)--all species of genera Ctenolucius and Boulengerella;
(L) Family Cynodontidae (dogtooth characins:
				  payara and vampire tetras)--all species of genera Cynodon, Hydrolycus, and
				  Rhaphiodon;
(M) Family Cyprinidae
				  (carps and minnows):
(i) Asps--all species of
				  genera Aspius, Aspiolucius, and Pseudaspius;
(ii) Old World breams--all species of genera
				  Abramis, Blicca, Megalobrama, and Parabramis;
(iii) Bighead, silver, and largescale
				  carp--all species of genus Hypophthalmichthys;
(iv) Black carp--all species of genus
				  Mylopharyngodon;
(v) Grass
				  carp--all species of genus Ctenopharyngodon;
(vi) Catla--all species of genera Cirrhinus,
				  Thynnichthys, and Gibelion;
(vii)
				  European daces--all species of genus Leuciscus;
(viii) Barbs and mahseers--all species of
				  genera Tor and Neolissochilus;
(ix)
				  Roaches--all species of genus Rutilus;
(x) Rudds--all species of genus
				  Scardinius;
(xi) Yellowcheek--all
				  species of genus Elopichthys;
(xii)
				  Giant barb--all species of genus Catlocarpio;
(xiii) Sharkminnows--all species of genus
				  Labeo except L. chrysophekadion (black sharkminnow); and
(xiv) Stone moroko--Pseudorasbora
				  parva;
(N) Family
				  Electrophoridae (electric eels)--Electrophorus electricus (electric
				  eel);
(O) Family Erythrinidae
				  (trahiras)--all species of this family;
(P) Family Gobiidae (round gobies)--all
				  species of genus Neogobius;
(Q)
				  Family Hepsetidae (African pike fishes)--all species of this family;
(R) Family Heteropneustidae (airsac
				  catfishes)--all species of this family;
(S) Family Malapteruridae (electric
				  catfishes)--all species of this family;
(T) Family Moronidae (temperate basses)--all
				  species of this family except Morone chrysops (white bass), M. mississippiensis
				  (yellow bass), and M. saxatilis (striped bass), and hybrids of these
				  species;
(U) Family Odontobutidae
				  (freshwater sleepers)--Perccottus glenii (Amur sleeper);
(V) Family Osphronemidae (Asian
				  pikeheads)--all species of genus Luciocephalus;
(W) Family Osteoglossidae (arapaima)--all
				  species of genus Arapaima;
(X)
				  Family Percichthyidae (temperate perches)--all species of this
				  family;
(Y) Family Percidae
				  (perch):
(i) Pikeperches--all species of
				  genus Sander except S. canadensis and S. vitreus (sauger and walleye) and
				  hybrids of these species;
(ii)
				  European ruffes--all species of genus Gymnocephalus;
(iii) European perch (also called
				  redfin)--Perca fluviatilis;
(Z) Family Petromyzontidae (lampreys)--all
				  species of this family except Ichthyomyzon castaneus (chestnut lamprey) and I.
				  gagei (Southern brook lamprey);
(AA) Family Poeciliidae (Pike
				  Killifish)--Belonesox belizanus;
(BB) Family Potamotrygonidae (freshwater
				  stingrays)--all species of this family;
(CC) Family Sciaenidae (seatrouts and
				  corvinas)--all species of genus Cynoscion except C. arenarius (sand seatrout),
				  C. nebulosus (spotted seatrout), and C. nothus (silver seatrout);
(DD) Family Scorpaenidae (marine
				  stonefishes)--all species of genera Choridactylus, Dampierosa, Erosa, Inimicus,
				  Leptosynanceia, Minous, Pseudosynanceia, Synanceia, and
				  Trachicephalus;
(EE) Family
				  Siluridae (European and Asian catfishes)-- Silurus glanis (Wels
				  catfish);
(FF) Family Synbranchidae
				  (swamp eels, rice eels, or one-gilled eels)--all species of this family;
				  and
(GG) Family Trichomycteridae
				  (South American parasitic Candiru catfishes)--all species of this
				  family.