Nonindigenous Aquatic Species of the Mississippi River Basin

Mississippi River Basin

Orechromis aureus - blue tilapia

•Misgurnus anguillicaudatus -Oriental weatherfish

•Carassius auratus - goldfish

•Ctenopharyngodon idella - grass carp

•Cyprinus carpio – common carp

•Hypophthalmichthys molitrix - silver carp •Hypophthalmichthys nobilis - bighead carp

•Scardinius eryrthrophthalmus - rudd

•Tinca tinca - tench

•Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus -vermiculated sailfin catfish •Xiphophorus maculatus -southern platyfish

•Salmo trutta - brown trout

Foreign Fish Established

Pterygoplichthys sp.

Here is a list of foreign fishes established, some widely like the carps and some locally like the tilapia. Peacock cichlid in NE Texas. Blue tilapia in Oklahoma (Arkansas R and Canadian R.). Misgunus in the Chicago and Des Planes system. Tench were stocked a long time ago and may still be established in the lower Missouri system and upper Arkansas system. Sailfin catfish in French Broad drainage in western NC (Tennessee drainage) newly established. Platyfish in the South Platte drainage.