Supplementary material Please consider using the following citation for this material: Allen PE, Barquero MD, Bermúdez E, Calderón JC, Hilje B, Pineda W, Saborío-Rodríguez G, Arguedas V, Chacón-Madrigal E (2017) Calling for more accurate information in aquarium trade: analysis of live-fish import permits in Costa Rica. Management of Biological Invasions 8: 533–542, https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2017.8.4.08 Appendix 1 Species list and number of live individuals of each species imported into Costa Rica between 1998 and 2004. The current taxonomic classification and habitat type (freshwater, marine or both) are also shown. Taxonomic classification Number of individuals FRESHWATER Acipenseriformes Acipenseridae Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820) 6 Atheriniformes Melanotaeniidae Glossolepis incisus Weber, 1907 125 Melanotaenia sp. a 74 Beloniformes Belonidae Potamorrhaphis sp. a 20 Characiformes Acestrorhynchidae Acestrorhynchus sp. a 120 Alestidae Phenacogrammus interruptus (Boulenger, 1899) 12 Anostomidae Abramites sp. 290 Abramites hypselonotus (Günther, 1868) 27 Anostomus sp. 475 Anostomus anostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) 240 Leporinus sp. 290 Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1794) 340 Leporinus steindachneri Eigenmann, 1907 14 Synaptolaemus cingulatus Myers & Fernández-Yépez, 1950 20 Characidae Aphyocharax erythrurus Eigenmann, 1912 300 Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819) d 10 Astyanax mexicanus (De Filippi, 1853) 100 Axelrodia sp. 550 Axelrodia riesei Géry, 1966 250 Axelrodia stigmatias (Fowler, 1913) 359 Boehlkea fredcochui Géry, 1966 220 Brachychalcinus orbicularis (Valenciennes, 1850) 100 Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier, 1818 192 Chalceus sp. 30 1 Taxonomic classification Number of individuals Exodon paradoxus Müller & Troschel, 1844 90 Gymnocorymbus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895) 75 Gymnocorymbus thayeri Eigenmann, 1908 25 Hemigrammus sp. 2090 Hemigrammus bleheri Géry & Mahnert, 1986 800 Hemigrammus erythrozonus Durbin, 1909 25 Hemigrammus ocellifer (Steindachner, 1882) 25 Hemigrammus rhodostomus Ahl, 1924 2970 Hemigrammus rodwayi Durbin, 1909 6950 Hyphessobrycon sp. 3670 Hyphessobrycon anisitsi (Eigenmann, 1907) 1395 Hyphessobrycon eques (Steindachner, 1882) 400 Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma (Fowler, 1943) 1275 Hyphessobrycon flammeus Myers, 1924 25 Hyphessobrycon loretoensis Ladiges, 1938 360 Hyphessobrycon metae Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 30 Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis Ahl, 1937 175 Hyphessobrycon sweglesi (Géry, 1961) 7832 Iguanodectes sp. a 30 Inpaichthys kerri Géry & Junk, 1977 2850 Moenkhausia sp. 360 Moenkhausia pittieri Eigenmann, 1920 300 Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Steindachner, 1907) 50 Nematobrycon sp. 1300 Nematobrycon lacortei Weitzman & Fink, 1971 700 Nematobrycon palmeri Eigenmann, 1911 2300 Paracheirodon sp. 9680 Paracheirodon axelrodi (Schultz, 1956) 89105 Paracheirodon innesi (Myers, 1936) 20485 Paracheirodon simulans (Géry, 1963) 1000 Petitella georgiae Géry & Boutière, 1964 5100 Thayeria sp. 100 Thayeria boehlkei Weitzman, 1957 250 Thayeria obliqua Eigenmann, 1908 40 Tyttocharax cochui (Ladiges, 1950) 200 Chilodontidae Chilodus sp. 470 Chilodus punctatus Müller & Troschel, 1844 660 Crenuchidae Crenuchus spilurus Günther, 1863 45 Ctenoluciidae Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes, 1850) 172 Ctenolucius sp. a 160 Gasteropelecidae Carnegiella sp. 300 Carnegiella strigata (Günther, 1864) 1250 Gasteropelecus sp. 900 2 Taxonomic classification Number of individuals Gasteropelecus levis (Eigenmann, 1909) 25 Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus, 1758) 100 Thoracocharax sp. 870 Thoracocharax securis (De Filippi, 1853) 950 Thoracocharax stellatus (Kner, 1858) 2385 Hemiodontidae Hemiodus sp. 460 Hemiodus microlepis Kner, 1858 110 Hemiodus semitaeniatus Kner, 1858 75 Hemiodus unimaculatus (Bloch, 1794) 240 Lebiasinidae Copeina sp. 1500 Copeina guttata (Steindachner, 1876) 145 Copella arnoldi (Regan, 1912) 200 Nannostomus sp. 935 Nannostomus eques Steindachner, 1876 1200 Nannostomus marginatus Eigenmann, 1909 400 Nannostomus trifasciatus Steindachner, 1876 980 Prochilodontidae Semaprochilodus insignis (Jardine, 1841) 35 Semaprochilodus taeniurus (Valenciennes, 1821) 70 Serrasalmidae Colossoma sp. 150 Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816) c 530 Metynnis sp. 300 Metynnis argenteus Ahl, 1923 77 Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller & Troschel, 1844) 670 Metynnis lippincottianus (Cope, 1870) 60 Metynnis maculatus (Kner, 1858) 130 Myloplus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel, 1844) a 417 Mylossoma sp. 150 Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) c 2085 Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt, 1821) c 6 Serrasalmus sp. 25 Cypriniformes Balitoridae Pseudogastromyzon sp. a 50 Cobitidae Botia sp. a 365 Chromobotia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852) 2802 Cobitis sp. a 100 Pangio sp. 2100 Pangio kuhlii (Valenciennes, 1846) 2862 Yasuhikotakia lecontei (Fowler, 1937) 100 Yasuhikotakia modesta (Bleeker, 1864) 130 Yasuhikotakia morleti (Tirant, 1885) 15 Cyprinidae Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Bleeker, 1850) 4709 3 Taxonomic classification Number of individuals Balantiocheilos sp. 965 Barbodes sp. a 300 Barbonymus schwanenfeldii (Bleeker, 1854) 266 Barbus sp. a 10 Carassius sp. 2795 Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)b 23482 Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)b 1095 Chrosomus neogaeus (Cope, 1867) 1 Cyprinus sp. 200 Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 b 110 Danio sp. 700 Danio albolineatus (Blyth, 1860) 250 Danio rerio (Hamilton, 1822) 945 Epalzeorhynchos sp. 125 Epalzeorhynchos bicolor (Smith, 1931) 3043 Epalzeorhynchos frenatus (Fowler, 1934) 2016 Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus (Bleeker, 1850) 835 Labeo sp. 2825 Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851) 200 Pethia conchonius (Hamilton, 1822) 2502 Puntigrus tetrazona (Bleeker, 1855) Puntius sachsii (Ahl, 1923) 100 Rasbora sp. 150 Tanichthys albonubes Lin, 1932 1475 Trigonostigma heteromorpha (Duncker, 1904) 1675 Gyrinocheilidae Gyrinocheilus sp. 350 Gyrinocheilus aymonieri (Tirant, 1883) 2113 Cyprinodontiformes Anablepidae Anableps sp. a 70 Aplocheilidae Aplocheilus sp. 50 Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846) 31 Cyprinodontidae Jordanella floridae Goode & Bean, 1879 30 Nothobranchiidae Aphyosemion bitaeniatum (Ahl, 1924) 3 Nothobranchius melanospilus (Pfeffer, 1896) 1 Nothobranchius palmqvisti (Lönnberg, 1907) 1 Poeciliidae Lamprichthys tanganicanus (Boulenger, 1898) 1 Poecilia sp. 2640 Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821) b 350 Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 b 6802 Poecilia sphenops Valenciennes, 1846 4315 Poecilia velifera (Regan, 1914) 506 Xiphophorus sp. 250 4 Taxonomic classification Number of individuals Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 b 21504 Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866) 18088 Xiphophorus variatus (Meek, 1904) b 50 Rivulidae Rivulus sp. a 180 Rivulidae Hypsolebias ghisolfii (Costa, Cyrino & Nielsen, 1996) 1 Simpsonichthys fulminakntis (Costa & Brasil, 1993) 1 Gonorynchiformes Phractolaemidae Phractolaemus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901 10 Gymnotiformes Apteronotidae Apteronotus sp. 420 Apteronotus albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766) 572 Apteronotus leptorhynchus (Ellis, 1912) 950 Gymnotidae Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus, 1758 105 Hypopomidae Steatogenys elegans (Steindachner, 1880) 35 Rhamphichthyidae Rhamphichthys sp. a 25 Sternopygidae Eigenmannia sp. 100 Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes, 1836) 1560 Lepisosteiformes Lepisosteidae Atractosteus tristoechus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) 4 Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, 1864 6 Osteoglossiformes Mormyridae Gnathonemus sp. 335 Gnathonemus petersii (Günther, 1862) 226 Marcusenius schilthuisiae (Boulenger, 1899) 20 Mormyrus sp. a 35 Notopteridae Chitala chitala (Hamilton, 1822) 20 Chitala ornata (Gray, 1831) 26 Notopterus sp. 80 Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769) 570 Xenomystus nigri (Günther, 1868) 12 Osteoglossidae Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (Cuvier, 1829) 510 Osteoglossum sp. 163 Pantodontidae Pantodon buchholzi Peters, 1876 355 Perciformes Ambassidae 5 Taxonomic classification Number of individuals Chanda sp. 500 Parambassis ranga (Hamilton, 1822) 680 Parambassis wolffii (Bleeker, 1850) 250 Cichlidae Aequidens sp. a 25 Amatitlania nigrofasciata (Günther, 1867) b 72 Amphilophus labiatus (Günther, 1864) 400 Amphilophus longimanus (Günther, 1867) d 25 Amphilophus lyonsi (Gosse, 1966) d 30 Amphilophus rhytisma (López S., 1983) d 30 Amphilophus rostratus (Gill, 1877) d 25 Andinoacara pulcher (Gill, 1858) 35 Andinoacara rivulatus (Günther, 1860) 400 Apistogramma sp. 950 Apistogramma agassizii (Steindachner, 1875) 450 Apistogramma cacatuoides Hoedeman, 1951 260 Apistogramma iniridae Kullander, 1979 70 Apistogramma macmasteri Kullander, 1979 70 Apistogramma viejita Kullander, 1979 100 Astronotus sp. 430 Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) 1399 Aulonocara sp. 36 Aulonocara jacobfreibergi (Johnson, 1974) 60 Aulonocara nyassae Regan, 1922 120 Biotodoma cupido (Heckel, 1840) 50 Cichlasoma sp. 310 Cichlasoma festae (Boulenger, 1899) 20 Cichlasoma salvini (Günther, 1862) 300 Crenicichla sp. 30 Crenicichla geayi Pellegrin, 1903 90 Cyphotilapia frontosa (Boulenger, 1906) 4 Etroplus maculatus (Bloch, 1795) 12 Geophagus sp. a 100 Hemichromis bimaculatus Gill, 1862 70 Herichthys sp. 400 Herichthys cyanoguttatus Baird & Girard, 1854 400 Heros sp. 6 Heros severus Heckel, 1840 142 Hoplarchus psittacus (Heckel, 1840) 6 Hypsophrys nicaraguensis (Günther, 1864) d 30 Laetacara curviceps (Ahl, 1923) 410 Lamprologus sp. 30 Maylandia zebra (Boulenger, 1899) 12 Melanochromis auratus (Boulenger, 1897) 120 Mesonauta festivus (Heckel, 1840) 790 Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (Myers & Harry, 1948) 4144 Neolamprologus caudopunctatus (Poll, 1978) 30 Neolamprologus leleupi (Poll, 1956) 473 6 Taxonomic classification Number