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Aquarium species recorded outside their native range

Species a named checklist records as introduced somewhere, ranked by the number of countries. An introduction is a statement about how the animal got there — not about whether it is established, whether it causes harm, or whether keeping it is legal.

What this page does not say

A high count means a species has been widely moved and widely recorded, which correlates with how thoroughly a region surveys its fresh water as much as with the animal itself. It is not a ranking of ecological damage.

237 species

Countries are as the source coded them. A species appears once, with every country any held checklist assigned to it under this status.

SpeciesCountriesRecorded in
Guppy118AE, AG, AL, AR, AT, AU, AW, BB, BD, BE, BG, BH, BO, BR … and 104 more
Malaysian trumpet snail118AE, AG, AO, AR, AT, AU, BB, BD, BE, BI, BJ, BR, BW, BZ … and 104 more
Goldfish107AD, AF, AL, AM, AR, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BD, BE, BG, BH … and 93 more
Eastern mosquitofish93AE, AF, AL, AM, AR, AS, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BE, BG, BM, BO … and 79 more
Asian clam66AL, AM, AR, AT, AU, BE, BG, BO, BR, BZ, CA, CH, CN, CO … and 52 more
Giant river prawn61AR, AU, BD, BR, CN, CO, CR, DM, DO, EG, FJ, FM, FR, GA … and 47 more
Red swamp crayfish61AD, AL, AT, BE, BR, BZ, CA, CH, CN, CO, CR, CY, CZ, DE … and 47 more
Topmouth gudgeon59AF, AL, AM, AT, AZ, BA, BE, BG, BY, CH, CN, CY, CZ, DE … and 45 more
Chinese pond mussel52AT, BE, BG, CH, CN, CR, CY, CZ, DE, DO, DZ, ES, FJ, FR … and 38 more
Zebra mussel52AL, AR, AT, AZ, BA, BE, BG, BY, CA, CH, CN, CZ, DE, DK … and 38 more
Bladder snail50AL, AR, AT, BE, BG, BO, BR, BY, CA, CH, CL, CO, CY, CZ … and 36 more
Great ramshorn snail48AL, AT, AU, BE, BG, BY, CA, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES … and 34 more
Swordtail45AT, AU, AW, BR, BS, BZ, CA, CD, CM, CN, CO, DO, ES, FJ … and 31 more
European bitterling41AL, AM, AT, AZ, BA, BE, BG, BY, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES … and 27 more
Ramshorn snail38AG, AT, AU, BB, BO, BR, BS, CL, CR, CU, CZ, DE, ES, FR … and 24 more
Noble crayfish37AL, AT, BE, BG, BY, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB … and 23 more
Redclaw crayfish36AR, AU, BE, BS, CN, CO, CY, DE, EC, ES, FR, GB, IL, IT … and 22 more
Signal crayfish34AT, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR … and 20 more
Walking catfish30BD, BE, CN, CU, DO, ES, FR, GB, GY, ID, IN, IT, JM, JP … and 16 more
Platy29AE, AT, AU, BR, BS, BZ, CA, CO, DE, DO, ES, GT, ID, IN … and 15 more
European river snail28AL, AT, BE, BY, CA, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, FR, GB, HU, IE … and 14 more
Channelled apple snail27BN, CL, CN, CY, DO, ES, FR, ID, IL, JP, KH, LA, LK, MM … and 13 more
Weather loach25AT, AU, BE, BR, CA, CN, CY, DE, ES, FR, GB, ID, IT, JP … and 11 more
Giant gourami23BE, CI, CN, CO, DZ, FR, GB, ID, IN, KH, LK, MG, MM, MU … and 9 more
Common pleco22BD, BR, CA, CN, CR, ES, GT, ID, IN, IT, JM, JP, LA, MX … and 8 more
Three-spot gourami22AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DO, FR, ID, IN, KH, LA, LK, MX, NA … and 8 more
Convict cichlid21AU, BR, CA, CO, CR, FR, GT, HN, ID, IL, IR, IT, JP, MX … and 7 more
Climbing perch19AU, BD, BN, BT, CN, ID, IN, KH, LA, MM, MY, NP, PG, PH … and 5 more
Iridescent shark19AE, BD, BR, CN, CO, ID, IN, IQ, KH, LA, MM, MX, MY, NP … and 5 more
Molly19AS, BR, CA, DE, FR, HU, ID, IL, IQ, IT, JP, MH, PF, PH … and 5 more
Common yabby18AU, BE, CA, CH, CN, CY, DE, ES, FR, IE, IT, MX, NO, NZ … and 4 more
Sailfin molly18AU, BR, BS, CA, DO, FJ, GR, ID, IQ, IT, KE, NZ, OM, PH … and 4 more
Japanese ricefish17AF, AU, CA, CN, CO, CU, IN, IR, JP, KZ, MY, NZ, PH, RU … and 3 more
Kissing gourami17BN, BR, CA, CO, ID, IN, LA, LK, MM, MX, MY, PG, PH, SG … and 3 more
Snakeskin gourami17BD, BN, CN, CO, FR, HT, ID, IN, JP, LK, MM, MY, PG, PH … and 3 more
Jaguar cichlid16AU, BR, CA, CR, CU, FR, GT, HN, ID, MX, NI, PA, PH, SG … and 2 more
Fathead minnow14BE, CA, CN, DE, FR, GB, IR, MN, MX, NI, NL, NO, SE, US
Island apple snail14BN, CN, CY, DO, ES, ID, IL, JP, MY, NO, PT, TH, US, VN
Oscar14AU, BR, CA, CI, CN, DE, FR, IN, IT, MX, NL, PE, PL, US
Red-bellied piranha14BB, BD, BR, CA, CN, DE, ID, IN, IT, MX, NP, PH, US, VN
Giant ramshorn snail11CU, CY, ES, FR, IL, MX, NL, NO, NZ, PT, US
Jewel cichlid11AT, AU, BR, CA, CN, CO, DZ, IN, MX, PH, US
Paradise fish11BR, CN, CO, IN, JP, KR, LA, MG, MX, US, VN
Siamese fighting fish11AU, BR, CA, CO, DO, ID, KH, MX, MY, TH, US
Slough crayfish11DE, EE, ES, HR, JP, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, UA
Angelfish10BR, CO, FJ, GY, IL, MX, PE, PH, SR, US
Quilted melania10CO, CU, IL, JM, MX, PF, TT, UA, US, ZA
Yucatan sailfin molly10BR, CO, IL, IT, LY, PE, SG, TH, TW, VN
Croaking gourami9BR, ID, IN, KH, LA, MY, TH, US, VN
Jack Dempsey9AU, BZ, CO, GT, HN, MX, SG, TH, US
Marbled hatchetfish9BO, BR, CO, EC, GY, MX, PE, SR, VE
Dwarf gourami8BD, BR, CA, CO, IN, MX, PK, US
Mystery snail8AT, BR, CL, IL, LK, PY, US, VN
Tiger barb8AU, BR, CA, CO, MX, PH, SG, US
Cherry shrimp7DE, IL, IT, JP, NO, PL, US
Marbled crayfish7BE, ES, IL, MG, MT, RO, SE
Serpae tetra7BR, CA, FR, GF, MX, PH, US
Silver arowana7CN, IN, MX, PL, SG, US, ZA
Whisker shrimp7BN, LA, MY, NO, SG, TH, US
White Cloud Mountain minnow7BR, CA, CO, JP, MX, PH, US
Black skirt tetra6BR, CA, CO, MX, TH, US
Giant snakehead6CN, IT, MX, PH, SG, US
Jurupari eartheater6BO, BR, CO, EC, PE, SG
Kribensis6BR, CM, CO, NG, PH, US
Neon tetra6CA, FJ, MX, PH, SG, US
Pearl gourami6BR, CO, MX, PE, PH, US
Rosy barb6AU, BR, CA, CO, MX, US
Tinfoil barb6CI, ES, LK, PT, SG, US
Bala shark5CA, CO, MX, PH, US
Big-ear radix5CA, IL, IT, NZ, US
Blue acara5AU, CO, ID, PH, US
Green spotted puffer5ID, IN, MY, TH, VN
Green terror5BR, ID, IN, MX, PH
Koi carp5IN, MX, NZ, SK, US
Midas cichlid5AU, ID, MX, SG, US
Spiny-cheek crayfish5BE, ES, FR, NO, RO
Splash tetra5BR, GY, SR, TT, VE
Spotted scat5EG, MT, MX, TN, US
Variatus platy5BR, CO, CR, MX, US
Zebra danio5CA, CO, LK, MX, PH
Auratus cichlid4CO, IL, MX, US
Black neon tetra4BR, CA, MX, US
Blue panchax4ID, MY, PH, TL
Buenos Aires tetra4LA, MX, PH, UY
Clown knifefish4LK, PH, SG, US
Glowlight tetra4CA, MX, PH, US
Malabar danio4BR, CO, MM, US
Red-eye tetra4CA, MX, PH, US
Severum4MX, PH, SG, US
Bamboo shrimp3MT, NO, US
Black ghost knifefish3BR, MX, PY
Black phantom tetra3CO, MX, PH
Bloodfin tetra3BR, PH, US
Boeseman's rainbowfish3CO, MX, PH
Bronze corydoras3MX, PH, US
Cardinal tetra3MX, PH, SR
Cherry barb3CO, MX, PH
Chinese algae eater3CA, MX, US
Clown loach3CA, MX, SG
Discus3GY, PH, SR
Electric blue crayfish3EC, IT, NO
Electric yellow cichlid3MX, PH, US
Firemouth cichlid3CO, IN, US
Flame tetra3BR, CO, PH
German blue ram3BR, MX, PH
Golden wonder killifish3MX, SG, US
Guenther's notho3IN, TR, US
Head and taillight tetra3PH, TT, US
Indian glassfish3JP, MX, PH
Kenyi cichlid3IL, MX, US
Kuhli loach3MX, PH, US
Lemon tetra3CA, PH, US
Moonlight gourami3CO, IN, MX
Red-tailed black shark3CO, MX, PH
Redtail catfish3MX, SG, US
Amano shrimp2NO, US
Bearded corydoras2BR, NZ
Beckford's pencilfish2BR, GY
Blackline rasbora2PH, SG
Bleeding heart tetra2CA, PH
Bolivian ram2BR, MX
Congo tetra2PH, US
Crystal red shrimp2NO, NZ
Elephantnose fish2CN, MX
Featherfin squeaker2MX, SG
Festivum2NZ, US
Firehead tetra2MX, PH
Golden dwarf barb2CO, US
Great pond snail2NZ, UA
Green Texas cichlid2SG, US
Harlequin rasbora2CO, MX
Indonesian tiger perch2CN, SG
Japanese trapdoor snail2CA, US
Least killifish2MX, US
Mbu puffer2CG, ID
Nicaragua cichlid2PH, US
Orange chromide2CO, PH
Peacock spiny eel2MX, US
Pearl danio2CO, JP
Penguin tetra2MX, PH
Peppered corydoras2AR, MX
Red zebra cichlid2MX, US
Redhump eartheater2CO, US
Royal pleco2MX, PH
Rusty crayfish2ES, NO
Scissortail rasbora2CO, TH
Senegal bichir2CM, MX
Silver mono2CN, MX
Silvertip tetra2MX, PH
Sunkist shrimp2NO, US
Venustus cichlid2MX, PH
Zebra pleco2MX, NZ
Adolfo's corydoras1PH
Amazon eartheater1SG
American flagfish1US
Assassin snail1EC
Banded archerfish1MX
Bandit corydoras1MX
Barred bichir1US
Black ruby barb1CO
Blue danio1CO
Blue leg Poso shrimp1NO
Blue moon crayfish1NO
Blue moorii1PH
Blue pearl shrimp1NO
Bumblebee shrimp1NO
Butterfly splitfin1US
Cajun dwarf crayfish1NO
Candy stripe pleco1MX
Cardinal Sulawesi shrimp1NO
Celebes rainbowfish1MX
Checker barb1CO
Compressiceps cichlid1MX
Deep water hap1PH
Demasoni cichlid1US
Dwarf Mexican crayfish1NO
Dwarf neon rainbowfish1MX
Eastern rainbowfish1CO
Electric blue hap1MX
Emperor tetra1PH
Endler's livebearer1MX
European freshwater crab1NO
Eyespot rasbora1PH
Fahaka puffer1ID
Fairy cichlid1CO
Flag acara1BR
Flavescent peacock1MX
Freshwater butterflyfish1MX
Giant danio1CO
Gold barb1MX
Green babaulti shrimp1NO
Green neon tetra1PH
Honey gourami1MX
Horseface loach1MX
Julii corydoras1MX
Lake Tebera rainbowfish1CO
Least dwarf crayfish1NO
Lemon cichlid1MX
Lyretail killifish1MX
Macmaster's dwarf cichlid1MX
Marten's viviparous snail1IL
Montezuma dwarf crayfish1NO
Ninja shrimp1NO
Opae ula1NO
Orange bushfish1MG
Orange tip crayfish1NO
Panda corydoras1MX
Panther crab1NO
Papua blue crayfish1NO
Penang mouthbrooding betta1US
Pictus catfish1MX
Pretty tetra1PH
Pristella tetra1MX
Rainbow shark1MX
Rainbow snakehead1MX
Red nose shrimp1NO
Red rainbowfish1PH
Redtail splitfin1DE
Roundtail paradisefish1JP
Silver dollar1ID
Simon's shrimp1NO
Skunk loach1MX
Spotted blue-eye1AU
Striped raphael catfish1BR
Striped twig catfish1US
Sulawesi harlequin shrimp1NO
Thai micro crab1NO
Threadfin rainbowfish1PH
Tiger shrimp1NO
Tioman vampire crab1NO
Tyre track eel1MX
Uaru1PH
Vampire shrimp1NO
Wrestling halfbeak1MX
Yoyo loach1MX
Zebra crayfish1NO
Zebra loach1MX

Where these statements come from

Every row above is a statement made by one of these checklists, retrieved through GBIF with the establishment means reproduced exactly as the source coded it.

  • A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores
  • Catálogo Español de Especies Exóticas Invasoras. Relación de táxones correspondientes a las Islas Baleares
  • Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil
  • Checklist of Freshwater Non Native Species of Spain
  • Checklist of introduced taxa in Romania
  • DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe
  • Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
  • Especies introducidas, exóticas, trasplantadas, invasoras y potencialmente invasoras obtenidas a partir de fuentes primarias y secundarias, incorporadas en el diagnóstico del Plan Nacional de Prevención, Control y Manejo
  • GRIIS Checklist of Introduced and Invasive Species - Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • GRIIS Checklist of Introduced and Invasive Species - Ecuador
  • GRIIS Checklist of Introduced and Invasive Species - Ethiopia
  • GRIIS Checklist of Introduced and Invasive Species - Malawi
  • GRIIS Checklist of Introduced and Invasive Species - Myanmar
  • GRIIS Checklist of Introduced and Invasive Species - Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • GRIIS Checklist of Introduced and Invasive Species - Saint Lucia
  • GRIIS Checklist of Introduced and Invasive Species - Zimbabwe
  • Global Dataset of Freshwater Invasive and Alien Species
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Albania
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - American Samoa
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Armenia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Aruba
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Australia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Azores, Portugal
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Bangladesh
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Barbados
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Belarus
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Bermuda
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Brazil
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Brunei Darussalam
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Bulgaria
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Cabo Verde
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Cambodia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Cameroon
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Chile
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - China
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Colombia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Curacao, Netherlands
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Cyprus
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Côte d'Ivoire
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Denmark
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Dominica
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Estonia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Finland
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - France
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - French Guiana
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - French Polynesia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Germany
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Ghana
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, Spain
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Guyana
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - India
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Iraq
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Israel
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Italy
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Kazakhstan
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Kenya
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Latvia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Lebanon
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Madagascar
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Madeira, Portugal
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Malaysia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Malta
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Marshall Islands
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Mauritius
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Mayotte, France
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Mexico
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Moldova
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Montenegro
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Morocco
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Namibia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Nepal
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - New Caledonia, France
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Nigeria
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Oman
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Palau
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Panama
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Papua New Guinea
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Philippines
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Poland
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Romania
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Russian Federation
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Saint Martin (French part)
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Saudi Arabia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Senegal
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Serbia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Seychelles
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Sint Maarten, Netherlands
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Slovenia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - South Africa
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus, Cyprus
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Spain
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Sri Lanka
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Switzerland
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Syrian Arab Republic
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Tanzania
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Thailand
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Tonga
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Tunisia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Turkey
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Turkmenistan
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Uganda
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - United Arab Emirates
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Vanuatu
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Wallis and Futuna
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Zambia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species -Samoa
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species- Cook Islands
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species- Croatia
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species- Indonesia
  • Global Register of Invasive and Introduced Species - Norway
  • Peces del departamento de Caldas, Colombia
  • Protected Areas - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Kruger National Park, South Africa
  • Protected Areas - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - St Lucia System, South Africa
  • Protected Areas - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Wadden Sea
  • RINSE - Registry of non-native species in the Two Seas region countries (Great Britain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands)
  • South African National Species Checklist (Catalogue of Life in South Africa, COLSA)
  • Updated Checklist of Arthropods from Azores (Portugal)
  • WRiMS
  • Waarnemingen.be / observations.be - List of species observed in Belgium
  • World Register of Marine Species

Where a checklist recorded presence without coding how the species got there, the record is held as unstated and does not appear on any of these pages. Filling that in would be the single most damaging thing AquariumHQ could do to this dataset.