OHIO’S INJURIOUS AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES

“Under Ohio Administrative Code 1501:31-19-01, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, import or sell live individuals of the species listed below. With the exception of White Perch, the species listed below must be headless, preserved in ethanol or formaldehyde, or eviscerated (internal organs removed).”

FISHES INVASIVE Amur Sleeper Perccottus glenii Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus Bitterling Rhodeus sericeus Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus Black Carp Mylopharyngodon piceus Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus Crucian Carp Carassius carassius Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Diploid Grass Carp - White Amur Ctenopharyngodon idella Snakeheads Channa app. and Parachanna app. Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus Stone Moroko Pseudorasbora parva Eurasian Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus Tench Tinca tinca European Perch Perca fluviatilis Three Spine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus Ide Leuciscus idus Tubenose Goby Proterorhinus marmoratus Large-scale Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys harmandi Walking Catfish Claris batrachus Nile Perch Lates niloticus Wels Catfish Silurus glanis Prussian Carp Carassius gibelio White Perch Morone americana Roach Rutilus rutilus Zander Sander lucioperca

MOLLUSKS INVASIVE CRUSTACEANS INVASIVE Golden Mussel Limnoperna fortune Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis New Zealand Mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum Killer Shrimp Dikerogammarus villosus Quagga Mussel Dreissena bugensis Marbled Crayfish Procambarus virginalis Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha Marron Cherax tenuimanus Yabby Cherax destructor

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WILDLIFE wildohio.gov

Pub. 5490 R0120