Numbers of Nonindigenous
Aquatic Species Introduced into the US
»Foreign to USNative to US
•Amphibians 1324
•Crustaceans 1515
•Fishes176331
•Mollusks 297
•Reptiles
2133
This includes some
species outside the realm of commercial aquaculture by including all the
gamefish that were intentionally stocked by government agencies. I have
divided it into 2 groups, species foreign to the US and species native to the
US that have been transplanted around the country.