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Introduced from: Pacific, Southwest to: America, South - Inland waters
Introductions from elsewhere to 'America, South - Inland waters'

n=94 | Species introduction records list
 
# Species Year Period From - To Reason Established in the wild Ref. no.
1 Ameiurus melas  1907 1900-1924 USA - Chile  fisheries  established 001739
2 Ameiurus nebulosus  1908 1900-1924 USA - Chile  fisheries  probably established 001739
3 Anguilla anguilla  1977 1975-1999 France - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 001739
4 Anguilla japonica   1975-1999 Japan - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 001739
5 Carassius auratus   1900-1924 Japan - Brazil  ornamental  established 001739
6 Carassius auratus  1940 1925-1949 USA - Colombia  forage  established 001739
7 Clarias gariepinus  1986 1975-1999 Africa - Brazil  aquaculture  established 013686
8 Coptodon rendalli  1953 1950-1974 Zaire - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
9 Coptodon rendalli  1962 1950-1974 USA - Colombia  aquaculture  established 001739
10 Ctenopharyngodon idella  1975 1975-1999 Japan - Argentina  aquaculture  established 001739
11 Ctenopharyngodon idella  1979 1975-1999 Panama - Peru  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
12 Ctenopharyngodon idella  1982 1975-1999 Jamaica - Guyana  research  unknown 026042
13 Cyprinus carpio  1875 19th century Germany - Chile  fisheries  established 001739
14 Cyprinus carpio  1898 19th century Hungary - Brazil  aquaculture  established 013686
15 Cyprinus carpio  1898 19th century USA - Brazil  aquaculture  established 013686
16 Cyprinus carpio  1946 1925-1949 China - Peru  aquaculture  established 001739
17 Cyprinus carpio  1946 1925-1949 Japan - Peru  aquaculture  established 001739
18 Cyprinus carpio  1946 1925-1949 Mexico - Bolivia  aquaculture  established 013686
19 Cyprinus carpio  1968 1950-1974 Japan - Suriname  unknown  probably established 001739
20 Gambusia affinis  1940 1925-1949 Central America - Peru  mosquito control  established 001739
21 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix  1968 1950-1974 Hungary - Brazil  aquaculture  probably not established 013686
22 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix  1968 1950-1974 Japan - Brazil  aquaculture  probably not established 013686
23 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix  1968 1950-1974 China - Brazil  aquaculture  probably not established 013686
24 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix  1979 1975-1999 Panama - Peru  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
25 Hypophthalmichthys molitrix  1988 1975-1999 Taiwan - Colombia  aquaculture  unknown 001739
26 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis   1975-1999 Israel - Bolivia  aquaculture  not established 013686
27 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1976 1975-1999 Taiwan - Costa Rica  aquaculture  not established 001739
28 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1979 1975-1999 Israel - Peru  aquaculture  not established 001739
29 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1979 1975-1999 Panama - Peru  aquaculture  not established 001739
30 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1979 1975-1999 China - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 013686
31 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1983 1975-1999 Hungary - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 013686
32 Hypophthalmichthys nobilis  1988 1975-1999 Taiwan - Colombia  aquaculture  not established 001739
33 Ictalurus punctatus  1971 1950-1974 USA - Brazil  aquaculture  unknown 001739
34 Lepomis cyanellus   1925-1949 USA - Brazil  forage  established 001739
35 Lepomis macrochirus   1950-1974 USA - Venezuela  unknown  probably established 001739
36 Lepomis macrochirus   unknown USA - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 001739
37 Lepomis microlophus   unknown USA - Panama  forage  unknown 001739
38 Micropterus salmoides   unknown USA - Colombia  angling/sport  established 001739
39 Micropterus salmoides   1900-1924 USA - Brazil  aquaculture  not established 001739
40 Micropterus salmoides  1959 1950-1974 USA - Argentina  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
41 Morone saxatilis   1975-1999 USA - Ecuador  angling/sport  established 013686
42 Morone saxatilis   unknown United States - Entre Rios province, Argentina  aquaculture  probably established 056821
43 Oncorhynchus gorbuscha   unknown USA - Chile  aquaculture  unknown 001739
44 Oncorhynchus keta  1970 1950-1974 Japan - Chile  fisheries  probably established 001739
45 Oncorhynchus keta  1970 1950-1974 USA - Chile  fisheries  probably established 013364
46 Oncorhynchus kisutch   1900-1924 USA - Chile  aquaculture  established 001739
47 Oncorhynchus kisutch  1904 1900-1924 USA - Argentina  fill ecological niche  probably not established 001739
48 Oncorhynchus masou   1950-1974 Japan - Chile  aquaculture  probably established 001739
49 Oncorhynchus mykiss   unknown UK - Guyana  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
50 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1904 1900-1924 USA - Argentina  aquaculture  established 001739
51 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1905 1900-1924 Germany - Chile  angling/sport  established 001739
52 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1913 1900-1924 UK - Brazil  aquaculture  probably established 001739
53 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1926 1925-1949 USA - Colombia  aquaculture  probably not established 001739
54 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1927 1925-1949 USA - Peru  fisheries  established 001739
55 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1928 1925-1949 USA - Ecuador  aquaculture  probably established 001739
56 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1934 1925-1949 USA - Venezuela  aquaculture  probably established 001739
57 Oncorhynchus mykiss  1942 1925-1949 USA - Bolivia  fisheries  established 013686
58 Oncorhynchus nerka   1900-1924 USA - Argentina  fill ecological niche  not established 001739
59 Oncorhynchus tshawytscha  1900 1900-1924 USA - Chile  fisheries  established 001739
60 Oncorhynchus tshawytscha  1904 1900-1924 USA - Argentina  fill ecological niche  established 001739
61 Oreochromis aureus  1965 1950-1974 USA - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
62 Oreochromis aureus  1983 1975-1999 Cuba - Peru  aquaculture  established 001739
63 Oreochromis aureus  1990 1975-1999 Israel - Colombia  aquaculture  unknown 074657
64 Oreochromis mossambicus  1951 1950-1974 Haiti - Guyana  aquaculture  established 001739
65 Oreochromis mossambicus  1953 1950-1974 Jamaica - Colombia  aquaculture  established 074657
66 Oreochromis mossambicus  1958 1950-1974 Trinidad - Venezuela  aquaculture  established 001739
67 Oreochromis mossambicus  1960 1950-1974 USA - Colombia  aquaculture  established 001739
68 Oreochromis mossambicus  1981 1975-1999 Panama - Peru  aquaculture  established 001739
69 Oreochromis niloticus  1971 1950-1974 Côte d'Ivoire - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
70 Oreochromis niloticus  1980 1975-1999 Panama - Colombia  aquaculture  established 001739
71 Oreochromis niloticus  1990 1975-1999 Egypt - Colombia  aquaculture  unknown 074657
72 Oreochromis urolepis   1950-1974 Côte d'Ivoire - Brazil  aquaculture  established 001739
73 Oreochromis urolepis  1978 1975-1999 Panama - Peru  aquaculture  probably established 074657
74 Pethia nigrofasciata   unknown Sri Lanka - Colombia  ornamental  established 001739
75 Poecilia reticulata  1940 1925-1949 Central America - Peru  mosquito control  established 001739
76 Puntigrus tetrazona  1979 1975-1999 Netherlands - Suriname  unknown  probably not established 001739
77 Pygocentrus nattereri   1950-1974 Brazil (River Doce State Park southeastern Brazil) - Brazil (Amazon Basin)  no data  established 074657
78 Salmo salar  1904 1900-1924 Canada - Argentina  aquaculture  established 001739
79 Salmo salar  1935 1925-1949 Germany - Chile  angling/sport  established 001739
80 Salmo salar  1957 1950-1974 USA - Brazil  angling/sport  not established 001739
81 Salmo salar  1960 1950-1974 UK - Falkland Islands (Malvinas)  angling/sport  not established 001739
82 Salmo trutta  1892 19th century UK - Colombia  unknown  not established 001739
83 Salmo trutta  1904 1900-1924 United States of America - Argentina  angling/sport  established 074657
84 Salmo trutta  1905 1900-1924 Europe - Chile  angling/sport  established 001739
85 Salmo trutta  1909 1900-1924 England - Argentina  angling/sport  established 056821
86 Salmo trutta  1939 1925-1949 USA - Bolivia  fisheries  established 013686
87 Salmo trutta  1955 1950-1974 UK - Falkland Islands (Malvinas)  angling/sport  established 001739
88 Salvelinus fontinalis   unknown Canada - Chile  angling/sport  established 001739
89 Salvelinus fontinalis  1904 1900-1924 USA - Argentina  angling/sport  established 001739
90 Salvelinus fontinalis  1937 1925-1949 USA - Venezuela  unknown  established 001739
91 Salvelinus fontinalis  1955 1950-1974 USA - Peru  fill ecological niche  established 001739
92 Salvelinus namaycush  1904 1900-1924 USA - Argentina  angling/sport  established 001739
93 Salvelinus namaycush  1936 1925-1949 USA - Bolivia  angling/sport  not established 001739
94 Salvelinus namaycush  1940 1925-1949 USA - Peru  angling/sport  probably not established 001739
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