Ornamental update March 2015 – important information regarding noxious fish

On 6 February 2015, NSW Government introduced The complete NSW Noxious Fish List is presented further changes to the NSW Noxious Fish List as inside this brochure. Please note that a six month part of a consistent approach to the management advisory period for new additions to the list – of ornamental fish throughout Australia. This highlighted in BLUE – commenced on 1 March 2015. brochure replaces the ornamental fish update The advisory period ends on 31 August 2015 from December 2010. The NSW Noxious Fish List and compliance for the newly listed will now includes an additional 65 listings that have been be enforced from this date. Compliance with all nationally agreed as having a high-risk pest potential. other species is already mandatory by law.

Why are there changes to the noxious fish list? What rules apply to the newly listed In 2006, all Australian governments, in consultation noxious fish? with representatives of the ornamental fish There are three classes of noxious fish in NSW, each industry, developed a National Strategy called representing a different level of threat to the aquatic the “Strategic Approach to the Management environment. Class 1 noxious listing prohibits sale and of Ornamental Fish in Australia” (search for possession, Class 2 prohibits sale but allows possession ornamental fish at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au to view in fully contained aquaria, and Class 3 allows sale the strategy). The National Strategy contains seven and possession. recommendations for the management of ornamental fish in Australia, including the development of an What should I do with any noxious fish agreed National Noxious Fish List. that I have? Noxious fish possess characteristics that have the A number of ornamental fish species that were potential to trigger, or contribute to, aquatic pest or previously traded by the aquarium industry, aquarium disease outbreaks, impacting upon natural biodiversity enthusiasts or hobbyists are now prohibited from and fisheries resources. Weatherloach and Tilapia being sold and / or being in your possession. are two examples of noxious species which, when Compliance with the new NSW Noxious Fish List is released, are known to have impacts on our natural mandatory by law. However NSW Department of aquatic systems. The National Strategy aims to reduce Primary Industries (NSW DPI) is providing a six month the occurrence of similar invasions in the future. advisory period, which commenced on 1 March 2015 to provide time for ornamental fish owners to comply with the new additions to the NSW Noxious Fish List (Note: advisory period is ONLY for the new listings as highlighted in BLUE in the tables inside this brochure).

Tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus (Photo: Qld DAFF) Please note that a six month advisory period for new additions to the list – highlighted in BLUE – commenced on 1 March 2015. The advisory period ends on 31 August 2015 and compliance for the newly listed species will be enforced from this date. Compliance with all other species is already mandatory by law. Class 1 Common name Species Common name Species microlepis Nile perch Lates niloticus (Centropomidae family) (Acestrorhynchidae family) Angler Chaca bankanensis (Chacidae family) Pike characin, spp. (Alestiidae family) Burmensis frogmouth Chaca burmensis (Chacidae family) giant tigerfish catfish Lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens (Acipenseridae family) Squarehead catfish Chaca chaca (Chacidae family) Shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum (Acipenseridae family) Snake head Channa spp. (Channidae family) Persian sturgeon Acipenser persicus (Acipenseridae family) Colossoma spp. (Characidae family) Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensis (Acipenseridae family) Banded tetra Astyanax aeneus (Characidae family) European sturgeon Acipenser sturio (Acipenseridae family) 6 February 2015 6 February Banded astyanax Astyanax fasciatus (Characidae family) Sterlet Acipenser ruthenus (Acipenseridae family) Redeye piranha Serrasalmus spp. (Characidae family) Yangtze sturgeon Acipenser dabryanus (Acipenseridae family) Red piranha Pygocentrus spp. (Characidae family) Green sturgeon Acipenser medirostris (Acipenseridae family) Giant cichlid, Boulengerochromis microlepis (Cichlidae family) Sakhalin sturgeon Acipenser mikadoi (Acipenseridae family) yellow belly cichlid Adriatic sturgeon Acipenser naccarii (Acipenseridae family) Tilapia Oreochromis spp. (Cichlidae family) Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus Banded jewelfish Hemichromis fasciatus (Cichlidae family) (Acipenseridae family) Pink happy, slender happy, Sargochromis spp. (Cichlidae family) Baikal sturgeon Acipenser baerii baicalensis cunene happy, green (Acipenseridae family) happy Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii baerii (Acipenseridae family) Blackchin tilapia Sarotherodon spp. (Cichlidae family) Russian sturgeon Acipenser gueldenstaedtii (Acipenseridae family) Serranochromis spp. (Cichlidae family) White sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus (Acipenseridae family) Redbelly tilapia Tilapia spp. (except T. buttikoferi) Fringebarbel sturgeon Acipenser nudiventris (Acipenseridae family) (Cichlidae family) Amur sturgeon Acipenser schrenckii (Acipenseridae family) African pike-characin, Ichthyborinae subfamily (Citharinidae family) tubenose poacher, fin eater

NSW Noxious Fish List – Fish NSW Noxious Japanese sturgeon Acipenser multiscutatus (Acipenseridae family) Walking catfish Clarias spp. (Clariidae family) Gulf sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi (Acipenseridae family) Weatherloach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cobitidae family) oriental weatherloach Starry sturgeon Acipenser stellatus (Acipenseridae family) Bighead carp Aristichthys nobilis (Cyprinidae family) Beluga Huso huso (Acipenseridae family) Copper mahseer Barbodes hexagonolepis (Cyprinidae family) Bowfin Amia calva (Amiidae family) Catla Catla catla (Cyprinidae family) Climbing perch Anabas testudineus (Anabantidae family) Giant barb Catlocarpio siamensis (Cyprinidae family) Gangetic climbing perch Anabas cobojius (Anabantidae family) Mrigal Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Cyprinidae family) Silverbelly ctenopoma Ctenopoma argentoventer (Anabantidae family) Grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Cyprinidae family) Tailspot ctenopoma Ctenopoma kingsleyae (Anabantidae family) Orangefin labeo Labeo calabasu (Cyprinidae family) Manyspined ctenopoma Ctenopoma multispine (Anabantidae family) Rohu Labeo rohita (Cyprindae family) Ocellated labyrinth fish Ctenopoma muriei (Anabantidae family) Roach Rutilus rutilus (Cyprinidae family) Twospot climbing perch Ctenopoma nigropannosum (Anabantidae family) Tench Tinca tinca (Cyprinidae family) Eyespot ctenopoma Ctenopoma ocellatum (Anabantidae family) Freshwater minnow Zacco platypus (Cyprindae family) Mottled ctenopoma Ctenopoma weeksii (Anabantidae family) Silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Cyprinidae family) Flatnose catfish Anaspidoglanis macrostoma (Bagridae family) River carp, Tor spp. (Cyprinidae family) deccan mahseer, Ubangi shovelnose catfish Bagrus ubangensis (Bagridae family) highbacked mahseer, Red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Cambaridae family) jungha mahseer, Thai mahseer Centrarchidae family Shiner Notropis spp. (Cyprinidae family) Snook Centropomus spp. (Centropomidae family) Southern redbelly dace Phoxinus erythrogaster (Cyprinidae family) Forktail lates Lates microlepis (Centropomidae family) Please note that a six month advisory period for new additions to the list – highlighted in BLUE – commenced on 1 March 2015. The advisory period ends on 31 August 2015 and compliance for the newly listed species will be enforced from this date. Compliance with all other species is already mandatory by law.

Common name Species Common name Species Himantura kittipongi (Dasyatidae family) Yellow bullhead Ameiurus natalis ( family) Marbled freshwater Himantura krempfi (Dasyatidae family) Brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus (Ictaluridae family) whip ray Flat bullhead Ameiurus platycephalus (Ictaluridae family) Marbled whipray Himantura oxyrhyncha (Dasyatidae family) Spotted bullhead Ameiurus serracanthus (Ictaluridae family) Ripsaw catfish, black doras, Oxydoras spp. (Doradidae family) black shielded catfish Balsas catfish Ictalurus balsanus (Ictaluridae family) Black striped mussel Mytilopsis spp. (Dreissenidae family) Lerma catfish Ictalurus dugesii (Ictaluridae family) Pygmy sunfish Elassoma spp. (Elassomatidae family) Blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus (Ictaluridae family) Giant bully Gobiomorphus gobioides (Eleotridae family) Headwater catfish Ictalurus lupus (Ictaluridae family) 6 February 2015 6 February Sentani gudgeon Oxyeleotris heterodon (Eleotridae family) Rio Verde catfish Ictalurus mexicanus (Ictaluridae family) Oxyeleotris urophthalmoides (Eleotridae family) Chapala catfish Ictalurus ochoterenai (Ictaluridae family) Oxyeleotris siamensis (Eleotridae family) Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Ictaluridae family) Yellowbelly gudgeon Allomogurnda nesolepis (Eleotridae family) Yaqui catfish Ictalurus pricei (Ictaluridae family) Pacific sleeper Dormitator maculatus (Eleotridae family) Ozark Noturus albater (Ictaluridae family) Dormitator lebretonis (Eleotridae family) Noturus baileyi (Ictaluridae family) Large scaled spiny Eleotris amblyopsis (Eleotridae family) Noturus crypticus (Ictaluridae family) cheek sleeper Noturus elegans (Ictaluridae family) Sandwich Island Sleeper Eleotris sandwicensis (Eleotridae family) Mountain madtom Noturus eleutherus (Ictaluridae family) Bigmouth sleeper Gobiomorus dormitor (Eleotridae family) Slender madtom (Ictaluridae family) Oxyeleotris urophthalmus (Eleotridae family) Saddled madtom (Ictaluridae family) Redfin bully Gobiomorphus huttoni (Eleotridae family) Checkered madtom Noturus flavater (Ictaluridae family) Gobiomorus maculatus (Eleotridae family) Yellowfin madtom Noturus flavipinnis (Ictaluridae family) Tropical carp-gudgeon Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Eleotridae family) Stonecat Noturus flavus (Ictaluridae family) NSW Noxious Fish List – Fish NSW Noxious Hypseleotris tohizonae (Eleotridae family) Black madtom Noturus funebris (Ictaluridae family) Pacific fat sleeper Dormitator latifrons (Eleotridae family) Carolina madtom Noturus furiosus (Ictaluridae family) Marble goby Oxyeleotris marmorata (Eleotridae family) Orangefin madtom Noturus gilberti (Ictaluridae family) Erythrinus spp. (Erythinidae family) Noturus gladiator (Ictaluridae family) Aimira Hoplerythrinus spp. (Erythinidae family) Tadpole madtom Noturus gyrinus (Ictaluridae family) Trahira Hoplias spp. (Erythinidae family) Least madtom Noturus hildebrandi hildebrandi Pike Esox spp. (Esocidae family) (Ictaluridae family) Ninespine stickleback Pungitius pungitius (Gasterosteidae family) Noturus hildebrandi lautus (Ictaluridae family) Four spined stickleback Apeltes quadracus (Gasterosteidae family) Margined madtom Noturus insignis (Ictaluridae family) Culaea inconstans (Gasterosteidae family) Ouachita madtom Noturus lachneri (Ictaluridae family) Yellowfin goby Acanthogobius flavimanus (Gobiidae family) Speckled madtom Noturus leptacanthus (Ictaluridae family) Trident goby, Tridentiger trigonocephalus (Gobiidae family) Black River madtom Noturus maydeni (Ictaluridae family) chameleon goby, Brindled madtom Noturus miurus (Ictaluridae family) striped goby, Japanese goby Frecklebelly madtom Noturus munitus (Ictaluridae family) Aba aba Gymnarchus niloticus (Gymnarchidae family) Freckled madtom Noturus nocturnus (Ictaluridae family) Electric eel Electrophorus electricus (Gymnotidae family) Brown madtom Noturus phaeus (Ictaluridae family) African pike Hepsetus odoe (Hepsetidae family) Neosho madtom Noturus placidus (Ictaluridae family) Stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Heteropneustidae Pygmy madtom Noturus stanauli (Ictaluridae family) family) Northern madtom Noturus stigmosus (Ictaluridae family) Snail bullhead Ameiurus brunneus (Ictaluridae family) Caddo madtom Noturus taylori (Ictaluridae family) White catfish Ameiurus catus (Ictaluridae family) Scioto madtom Noturus trautmani (Ictaluridae family) Black bullhead Ameiurus melas (Ictaluridae family) Flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris (Ictaluridae family) Common name Species Common name Species Twospot lebiasina Lebiasina bimaculata (Lebiasinidae family) Reedfish Erpetoichthys calabaricus (Polypteridae family) South American lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa (Lepidosirenidae family) European green crab, Carcinus maenas (Portunidae family) American gar, Atractosteus spp. (excluding Atractosteus green shore crab armoured gar spatula) (Lepisosteidae family) Discus ray Paratrygon aiereba (Potamotrygonidae family) Electric catfish Malapterurus spp. (Malapteruridae family) African lungfish Protopterus annectens (Protopteridae family) Cornish jack Mormyrops anguilloides (Mormyridae family) Slender lungfish Protopterus dolloi (Protopteridae family) Helicophagus leptorhynchus Marbled lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus (Protopteridae family) (Pangasiidae family) Gilled lungfish Protopterus amphibius (Protopteridae family) Helicophagus waandersii (Pangasiidae family) 6 February 2015 6 February Opal opalescens ( family) Pangasius nieuwenhuisii (Pangasiidae family) Leptolebias aureoguttatus (Rivulidae family) Mekong giant catfish Pangasianodon gigas (Pangasiidae family) Marbled pearlfish Leptolebias marmoratus (Rivulidae family) Pangasius conchophilus (Pangasiidae family) Barred tail pearlfish Leptolebias minimus (Rivulidae family) Pangasius elongatus (Pangasiidae family) Shoulderspot catfish Schilbe marmoratus (Schilbeidae family) Pangasius krempfi (Pangasiidae family) Silver butter catfish Schilbe intermedius (Schilbeidae family) Pangasius kunyit (Pangasiidae family) African butter catfish Schilbe mystus (Schilbeidae family) Yellowtailed catfish Pangasius pangasius (Pangasiidae family) European catfish, Silurus spp. (Siluridae family) Pangasius nasutus (Pangasiidae family) wels catfish Spot pangasius Pangasius larnaudii (Pangasiidae family) Pantanal parasitic catfish Paravandelia oxyptera (Trichomycteridae family) Pangasius macronema (Pangasiidae family) Valencia toothcarp Valencia hispanica (Valenciidae family) Redfin perch Perca fluviatilis (Percidae family) Class 2 Knife-edged livebearer Alfaro cultratus (Poeciliidae family) Barred grunter, Alfaro huberi (Poeciliidae family) Amniataba percoides (Terapontidae family) banded grunter Twospot livebearer Heterandria bimaculata (Poeciliidae family) Crassostrea gigas (Ostreidae family) NSW Noxious Fish List – Fish NSW Noxious Pike minnow, pike Belonesox belizanus (Poeciliidae family) Pacific oyster in estuarine and ocean waters (other than Port Stephens) Mosquitofish Gambusia spp. (excluding Gambusia holbrooki) Speckled mosquitofish, Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Poeciliidae family) dusky millions fish (Poeciliidae family) Eastern gambusia Gambusia holbrooki (all waters except greater Sydney region) (Poeciliidae family) Class 3 Tomeurus gracilis (Poeciliidae family) European carp, common carp, carp, Cyprinus carpio (Cyprinidae family) Mississippi paddlefish Polyodon spathula (Polyodontidae family) ornamental koi carp Chinese swordfish Psephurus gladius (Polyodontidae family) Gambusia holbrooki (Poeciliidae family) Eastern gambusia in the greater Sydney region

The advisory period ends on 31 August 2015 Will more species be listed as noxious? and compliance for the newly listed species As part of the National Strategy the assessment will be enforced from this date of a number of species is continuing. Following this Ornamental fish owners are required to destroy assessment it is likely that additional species will any noxious fish they have using suitable humane be added to the National Noxious Fish List and be methods as advised by the Welfare Branch declared noxious in NSW. Further updates will be of NSW DPI. Approved methods are percussive available as this process continues. stunning and ice slurry. Search for welfare of fish at This brochure is also available in Cambodian, www.dpi.nsw.gov.au for more information. Noxious Vietnamese, Japanese and simple and traditional fish should then be disposed of by burying away from Chinese. Please contact us using the details below if any water source, or in a secure disposal unit. you would like brochures in any of these languages.

Web: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity (go to Aquatic Biosecurity) E-mail: [email protected]

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