Here is the list of illegal species in florida--found in the sticky's...Posted by oddball.
----Chris
FLORIDA:
Prohibited Fish
Electric Catfish
African Tigerfish
Airbreathing Catfish
Parasitic Catfish
Electric Eel
Lampreys
Piranha
Snakeheads
Tilapias
Trahiras
Airsac Catfish
Green Sunfish
Australian Crayfish
Zebra Mussel
Mitten Crab
Restricted fish
Bighead Carp
Bony-tongue fish
Dorados
FW stingrays
Grass Carp
Nile Perches
Silver Carp
Snail/Black Carp
Tilapia
Walking Catfish
Redclaw Crayfish
Blue Catfish
Red Swamp Crayfish
Expanded list of Prohibited Freshwater Aquatic
Species
　
Sunfish
Lepomis cyanellus (Green sunfish)
Electric catfishes - Family Malapteruridae, all
species
Malapterurus barbatus
Malapterurus beninensis
Malapterurus cavalliensis
Malapterurus electricus (Electric catfish)
Malapterurus gossei
Malapterurus leonensis
Malapterurus melanochir
Malapterurus microstoma (Smallmouth electric catfish)
Malapterurus minjiriya
Malapterurus monsembeensis
Malapterurus murrayi
Malapterurus occidentalis
Malapterurus oguensis
Malapterurus polli
Malapterus punctatus
Malapterurus shirensis
Malapterurus stiassnyae
Malapterurus tanganyikaensis
Malapterurus tanoensis
Malapterurus teugelsi
Malapterurus thysi
Malapterurus zambezensis
Paradoxoglanis caudivittattus
Paradoxoglanis cryptus
Paradoxoglanis parvus
African tigerfishes
Hydrocynus brevis (Tiger-fish)
Hydrocynus forskahlii
Hydrocynus goliath (Giant tigerfish)
Hydrocynus somonorum
Hydrocynus tanzaniae
Hydrocynus vittatus (Tiger fish)
Walking catfishes - Family Clariidae (except
Clarias batrachus)
Bathyclarias | Channallabes | Clariallabes | Clarias | Dinotopterus | Dolichallabes | Encheloclarias | Gymnallabes | Heterobranchus | Horaglanis | Platyallabes | Platyclarias |Tanganikallabes | Uegitglanis | Xenoclarias
Bathyclarias atribranchus
Bathyclarias euryodon
Bathyclarias filicibarbis
Bathyclarias foveolatus
Bathyclarias gigas
Bathyclarias ilesi
Bathyclarias jacksoni
Bathyclarias longibarbis
Bathyclarias nyasensis
Bathyclarias rotundifrons
Bathyclarias worthingtoni
Channallabes alvarezi
Channallabes apus (Eel catfish)
Channallabes longicaudatus
Channallabes ogooensis
Channallabes sanghaensis
Channallabes teugelsi
Clariallabes attemsi
Clariallabes brevibarbis
Clariallabes centralis
Clariallabes heterocephalus
Clariallabes laticeps
Clariallabes longicauda
Clariallabes manyangae
Clariallabes melas
Clariallabes mutsindoziensis
Clariallabes petricola (Victoria snake catfish)
Clariallabes pietschmanni
Clariallabes platyprosopos (Broadhead catfish)
Clariallabes simeonsi
Clariallabes teugelsi
Clariallabes uelensis
Clariallabes variabilis
Clarias abbreviatus
Clarias agboyiensis
Clarias albopunctatus
Clarias alluaudi (Alluaud's catfish)
Clarias anfractus
Clarias angolensis
Clarias anguillaris (Mudfish)
Clarias batu
Clarias brachysoma
Clarias buettikoferi
Clarias buthupogon
Clarias camerunensis
Clarias cataractus
Clarias cavernicola (Cave catfish)
Clarias dayi
Clarias dhonti
Clarias dumerilii
Clarias dussumieri
Clarias ebriensis
Clarias engelseni
Clarias fuscus (Whitespotted clarias)
Clarias gabonensis
Clarias gariepinus (North African catfish)
Clarias hilli
Clarias insolitus
Clarias intermedius
Clarias jaensis
Clarias kapuasensis
Clarias laeviceps (Catfish)
Clarias lamottei
Clarias leiacanthus
Clarias liocephalus (Smoothhead catfish)
Clarias longior
Clarias maclareni
Clarias macrocephalus (Bighead catfish)
Clarias macromystax
Clarias meladerma (Blackskin catfish)
Clarias microstomus
Clarias nebulosus
Clarias ngamensis (Blunt-toothed African catfish)
Clarias nieuhofii
Clarias nigricans
Clarias nigromarmoratus
Clarias olivaceus
Clarias pachynema
Clarias planiceps
Clarias platycephalus
Clarias pseudoleiacanthus
Clarias pseudonieuhofii
Clarias salae
Clarias stappersii (Blotched catfish)
Clarias submarginatus
Clarias sulcatus
Clarias teijsmanni
Clarias theodorae (Snake catfish)
Clarias werneri (Werner's catfish)
Dinotopterus cunningtoni
Dolichallabes microphthalmus
Encheloclarias baculum
Encheloclarias curtisoma
Encheloclarias kelioides
Encheloclarias prolatus
Encheloclarias tapeinopterus
Encheloclarias velatus
Gymnallabes nops
Gymnallabes typus
Heterobranchus bidorsalis (African catfish)
Heterobranchus boulengeri
Heterobranchus isopterus
Heterobranchus longifilis (Vundu)
Horaglanis alikunhii
Horaglanis krishnai (Indian blind catfish)
Platyclarias machadoi
Platyallabes tihoni
Tanganikallabes mortiauxi
Uegitglanis zammaranoi
Xenoclarias eupogon (Lake Victoria deepwater catfish)
Parasitic catfishes - Family Trichomycteridae
Acanthoporna | Ammoglanis | Apomatoceros | Bullockia | Copionodon | Eremophilus | Glanapteryx | Glaphyropoma | Haemomaster | Hatcheria | Henonemus | Homodiaetus | Ituglanis | Listrura | Malacoglanis | Megalocentor | Microcambeva | Miuroglanis | Ochmacanthus | Paracanthopoma | Parastegophilus | Paravandellia | Pareiodon | Plectrochilus | Pseudostegophilus | Pygidianops | Rhizosomichthys | Sarcoglanis | Schultzichthys | Scleronema | Silvinichthys | Stauroglanis | Stegophilus | Stenolicmus | Trichogenes | Trichomycterus | Tridens | Tridensimilis | Tridentopsis | Typhlobelus | Vandellia
Acanthopoma annectens
Ammoglanis amapaensis
Ammoglanis diaphanus
Ammoglanis pulex
Apomatoceros alleni
Bullockia maldonadoi
Copionodon lianae
Copionodon orthiocarinatus
Copionodon pecten
Eremophilus mutisii
Glanapteryx anguilla
Glanapteryx niobium
Glaphyropoma rodriguesi
Glaphyropoma spinosum
Haemomaster venezuelae
Hatcheria macraei
Henonemus intermedius
Henonemus macrops
Henonemus punctatus
Henonemus taxistigmus
Henonemus triacanthopomus
Homodiaetus anisitsi
Homodiaetus banguela
Homodiaetus graciosa
Homodiaetus passarellii
Ituglanis amazonicus
Ituglanis bambui
Ituglanis cahyensis
Ituglanis eichorniarum
Ituglanis epikarsticus
Ituglanis gracilior
Ituglanis guayaberensis
Ituglanis herberti
Ituglanis laticeps
Ituglanis macunaima
Ituglanis mambai
Ituglanis metae
Ituglanis nebulosus
Ituglanis paraguassuensis
Ituglanis parahybae
Ituglanis parkoi
Ituglanis passensis
Ituglanis proops
Ituglanis ramiroi
Listrura boticario
Listrura camposi
Listrura nematopteryx
Listrura picinguabae
Listrura tetraradiata
Malacoglanis gelatinosus
Megalocentor echthrus
Microcambeva barbata
Microcambeva ribeirae
Miuroglanis platycephalus
Ochmacanthus alternus
Ochmacanthus batrachostomus
Ochmacanthus flabelliferus
Ochmacanthus orinoco
Ochmacanthus reinhardtii
Paracanthopoma parva
Parastegophilus maculatus
Parastegophilus paulensis
Paravandellia oxyptera (Pantanal parasitic catfish)
Paravandellia phaneronema
Pareiodon microps
Plectrochilus diabolicus
Plectrochilus machadoi
Plectrochilus wieneri
Pseudostegophilus haemomyzon
Pseudostegophilus nemurus
Pygidianops cuao
Pygidianops eigenmanni
Pygidianops magoi
Rhizosomichthys totae
Sarcoglanis simplex
Schultzichthys bondi
Schultzichthys gracilis
Scleronema angustirostre
Scleronema minutum
Scleronema operculatum
Silvinichthys bortayro
Silvinichthys mendozensis
Stauroglanis gouldingi (Ghost candiru)
Stegophilus insidiosus
Stegophilus panzeri
Stegophilus septentrionalis
Stenolicmus sarmientoi
Trichogenes longipinnis (Long-finned cambeva)
Trichomycterus aguarague
Trichomycterus albinotatus
Trichomycterus alternatus
Trichomycterus alterus
Trichomycterus areolatus
Trichomycterus arleoi
Trichomycterus auroguttatus
Trichomycterus bahianus
Trichomycterus banneaui
Trichomycterus barbouri
Trichomycterus belensis
Trichomycterus bogotensis
Trichomycterus bomboizanus
Trichomycterus borellii
Trichomycterus boylei
Trichomycterus brasiliensis
Trichomycterus caipora
Trichomycterus caliensis
Trichomycterus candidus
Trichomycterus castroi
Trichomycterus catamarcensis
Trichomycterus caudofasciatus
Trichomycterus celsae
Trichomycterus chaberti
Trichomycterus chapmani
Trichomycterus chiltoni
Trichomycterus chungaraensis
Trichomycterus concolor
Trichomycterus conradi
Trichomycterus corduvensis
Trichomycterus crassicaudatus
Trichomycterus cubataonis
Trichomycterus davisi
Trichomycterus diabolus
Trichomycterus dispar
Trichomycterus dorsostriatum
Trichomycterus duellmani
Trichomycterus emanueli
Trichomycterus fassli
Trichomycterus florense
Trichomycterus gabrieli
Trichomycterus giganteus
Trichomycterus goeldii
Trichomycterus gorgona
Trichomycterus guaraquessaba
Trichomycterus guianense
Trichomycterus hasemani
Trichomycterus heterodontus
Trichomycterus igobi
Trichomycterus iheringi
Trichomycterus immaculatus
Trichomycterus itacambirussu
Trichomycterus itacarambiensis
Trichomycterus itatiayae
Trichomycterus jacupiranga
Trichomycterus jequitinhonhae
Trichomycterus johnsoni
Trichomycterus knerii
Trichomycterus landinga
Trichomycterus latidens
Trichomycterus latistriatus
Trichomycterus laucaensis
Trichomycterus lewi
Trichomycterus longibarbatus
Trichomycterus maracaiboensis
Trichomycterus maracaya (Mar*** pencil catfish)
Trichomycterus mboycy
Trichomycterus megantoni
Trichomycterus meridae
Trichomycterus migrans
Trichomycterus mimonha
Trichomycterus mirissumba
Trichomycterus mondolfi
Trichomycterus motatanensis
Trichomycterus naipi
Trichomycterus nigricans
Trichomycterus nigroauratus
Trichomycterus nigromaculatus
Trichomycterus pantherinus
Trichomycterus paolence
Trichomycterus papilliferus
Trichomycterus paquequerense
Trichomycterus pauciradiatus
Trichomycterus piurae
Trichomycterus plumbeus
Trichomycterus potschi
Trichomycterus pradensis
Trichomycterus pseudosilvinichthys
Trichomycterus punctatissimus
Trichomycterus punctulatus
Trichomycterus ramosus
Trichomycterus regani
Trichomycterus reinhardti
Trichomycterus retropinnis
Trichomycterus riojanus
Trichomycterus rivulatus
Trichomycterus roigi
Trichomycterus romeroi
Trichomycterus sandovali
Trichomycterus santaeritae
Trichomycterus santanderensis
Trichomycterus septentrionale
Trichomycterus spegazzinii
Trichomycterus spelaeus
Trichomycterus spilosoma
Trichomycterus stawiarski
Trichomycterus stellatus
Trichomycterus straminius
Trichomycterus striatus
Trichomycterus taczanowskii
Trichomycterus taenia
Trichomycterus taeniops
Trichomycterus taroba
Trichomycterus tenuis
Trichomycterus therma
Trichomycterus tiraquae
Trichomycterus transandianus
Trichomycterus travassosi
Trichomycterus trefauti
Trichomycterus triguttatus
Trichomycterus tupinamba
Trichomycterus uisae (Trepador)
Trichomycterus unicolor
Trichomycterus variegatus
Trichomycterus venulosus
Trichomycterus vermiculatus
Trichomycterus vittatus
Trichomycterus weyrauchi
Trichomycterus yuska
Trichomycterus zonatus
Tridens melanops
Tridensimilis brevis
Tridensimilis venezuelae
Tridentopsis cahuali
Tridentopsis pearsoni
Tridentopsis tocantinsi
Typhlobelus guacamaya
Typhlobelus lundbergi
Typhlobelus macromycterus
Typhlobelus ternetzi
Vandellia balzanii
Vandellia beccarii
Vandellia cirrhosa (Candiru)
Vandellia sanguinea
Electric eel - Family Electrophoridae
Electrophorus electricus (Electric eel)
Lampreys - Family Petromyzonidae
Caspiomyzon | Entosphenus | Eudontomyzon | Geotria | Ichthyomyzon | Lampetra | Lethenteron | Mordacia | Petromyzon
Caspiomyzon wagneri (Caspian lamprey)
Entosphenus hubbsi (Kern brook lamprey)
Eudontomyzon danfordi (Carpathian lamrey)
Eudontomyzon hellenicus (Greek brook lamprey)
Eudontomyzon lanceolata (Turkish brook lamprey)
Eudontomyzon mariae (Ukranian brook lamprey)
Eudontomyzon stankokaramani (Drin brook lamprey)
Eudontomyzon vladykovi (Danubian brook lamprey)
Geotria australis (Pouched lamprey)
Ichthyomyzon bdellium (Ohio lamprey)
Ichthyomyzon castaneus (Chestnut lamprey)
Ichthyomyzon fossor (Northern brook lamprey)
Ichthyomyzon gagei (Southern brook lamprey)
Ichthyomyzon greeleyi (Mountain brook lamprey)
Ichthyomyzon unicuspis (Silver lamprey)
Lampetra aepyptera (Least brook lamprey)
Lampetra alaskensis (Alaskan brook lamprey)
Lampetra appendix (American brook lamprey)
Lampetra ayresii (River lamprey)
Lampetra camtschatica (Arctic lamprey)
Lampetra fluviatilis (European river lamprey)
Lampetra folletti (Modoc brook lamprey)
Lampetra geminis (Mexican brook lamprey)
Lampetra lamottei (Brook lamprey)
Lampetra lethophaga (Pit-Klamath brook lamprey)
Lampetra macrostoma (Vancouver lamprey)
Lampetra minima (Miller Lake lamprey)
Lampetra morii (Korean lamprey)
Lampetra pacifica (Pacific brook lamprey)
Lampetra planeri (European brook lamprey)
Lampetra reissneri (Far Eastern brook lamprey)
Lampetra richardsoni (Western brook lamprey)
Lampetra similis (Klamath river lamprey)
Lampetra spadidea (Mexican lamprey)
Lampetra tridentata (Pacific lamprey)
Lethenteron kessleri (Siberian brook lamprey)
Lethenteron matsubarai
Lethenteron zanandreai (Po brook lamprey)
Mordacia lapicida (Chilean lamprey)
Mordacia mordax (Australian lamprey)
Mordacia praecox (Non-parasitic lamprey)
Petromyzon marinus (Sea lamprey)
Piranhas & pirambebas - Subfamily Serrasalminae
Catoprion mento (Wimple piranha)
Citharinus citharus (Moon fish)
Pristobrycon aureus
Pristobrycon calmoni
Pristobrycon striolatus
Pygocentrus cariba (Black spot piranha)
Pygopristis denticulata (Lobetoothed piranha)
Pygocentrus nattereri (Red piranha)
Pygocentrus piraya (San Francisco piranha)
S
errasalmus altispnis
Serrasalmus altuvei
Serrasalmus bilineatus
Serrasalmus brandtii (White piranha)
Serrasalmus compressus
Serrasalmus eigenmanni
Serrasalmus elongatus (Slender piranha)
Serrasalmus geryi
Serrasalmus gibbus
Serrasalmus gouldingi
Serrasalmus hastatus
Serrasalmus hollandi
Serrasalmus humeralis (Pirambeba)
Serrasalmus irritans
Serrasalmus maculatus
Serrasalmus manueli
Serrasalmus marginatus
Serrasalmus medinai
Serrasalmus nalseni
Serrasalmus neveriensis
Serrasalmus nigricans
Serrasalmus rhombeus (Redeye piranha)
Serrasalmus sanchezi
Serrasalmus serrulatus
Serrasalmus spilopleura (Speckled piranha)
Snakeheads - Family Channidae
Channa amphibeus (Chel, Borna snakehead)
Channa argus (Northern/Amur Snakehead)
Channa asiatica (Chinese, Small Snakehead)
Channa aurantimaculata (Orangespotted Snakehead)
Channa bankanensis (Bangka Snakehead)
Channa barca (Barca Snakehead)
Channa bleheri (Rainbow, tiger, python snakehead)
Channa buramanica (Burmese Snakehead)
Channa cyanospilos (Bluespotted)
Channa diplogramma
Channa gauchaua (Dwarf Snakehead)
Channa harcourtbutleri (Inle, Burmese snakehead)
Channa lucius (Splendid Snakehead)
Channa maculata (Blotched Snakehead)
Channa marulia (Cobra, Great snakehead)
Channa marulioides (Emperor Snakehead)
Channa melanoptera (Blackfinned Snakehead)
Channa melasoma (Black Snakehead)
Channa micropeltes (Giant, Red, Redline snakehead)
Channa nox (Night Snakehead)
Channa orientalis (Walking, Ceylon snakehead)
Channa ornatipinnis
Channa panaw (Panaw Snakehead)
Channa pleurophthalma (Ocellated, Eyespot Snakehead)
Channa pulchra
Channa punctata (Spotted Snakehead)
Channa stewatii (Assamese, Golden Snakehead)
Channa striata (Snakehead murrel, Golden snakehead)
Parachanna africana (Niger, African Snakehead)
Parachanna insignis (Congo Snakehead)
Parachanna obscura (African Snakehead)
Tilapia (except
conditional tilapia species)
Alcolapia | Oreochromis | Saratherodon | Tilapia
Alcolapia alcalicus (Natron tilapia)
Alcolapia grahami
Alcolapia latilabris
Alcolapia ndalalani
Oreochromis amphimelas
Oreochromis andersonii (Three spotted Tilapia)
Oreochromis angolensis
Oreochromis chungruruensis
Oreochromis esculentus (Singida Tilapia)
Oreochromis hunteri (Lake Chala Tilapia)
Oreochromis ismailiaensis
Oreochromis jipe (Jipe Tilapia)
Oreochromis karomo (Karomo Tilapia)
Oreochromis karongae
Oreochromis korogwe (Korogwe Tilapia)
Oreochromis lepidurus
Oreochromis leucostictus
Oreochromis lidole
Oreochromis macrochir (Longfin Tilapia)
Oreochromis malagarasi
Oreochromis mortimeri (Kariba Tilapia)
Oreochromis mweruensis
Oreochromis pangani
Oreochromis placidus (Black Tilapia)
Oreochromis rukwaensis (Lake Rukwa Tilapia)
Oreochromis saka
Oreochromis salinicola
Oreochromis schwebischi
Oreochromis shiranus (Chilwa Tilapia)
Oreochromis spilurus (Athi River or Buffalo Springs Tilapia)
Oreochromis spilurus (Sabaki Tilapia)
Oreochromis squamipinnis
Oreochromis tanganicae
Oreochromis upembae
Oreochromis variabilis (Victoria tilapia)
Sarotherodon caroli (Fissi)
Sarotherodon caudomarginatus
Sarotherodon galilaeus (Mango Tilapia)
Sarotherodon linnellii (Blackfin Tilapia)
Sarotherodon lohbergeri (Keppi)
Sarotherodon melanotheron (Mango fish or Blackchin tilapia)
Sarotherodon mvogoi
Sarotherodon nigripinnis
Sarotherodon occidentalis
Sarotherodon steinbachi (Kululu)
Sarotherodon tournieri
Tilapia bakossiorum
Tilapia baloni
Tilapia bemini
Tilapia bilineata
Tilapia brevimanus
Tilapia busumana
Tilapia buttikoferi (Hornet)
Tilapia bythobates
Tilapia cabrae
Tilapia cameronensis
Tilapia camerunensis
Tilapia cessiana
Tilapia coffea
Tilapia congica
Tilapia dageti
Tilapia deckerti
Tilapia discolor
Tilapia flava
Tilapia guinasana (Otjikoto Tilapia)
Tilapia guineensis (Guinean Tilapia)
Tilapia gutturosa
Tilapia imbriferna
Tilapia ismailiaensis
Tilapia jallae
Tilapia joka
Tilapia kottae
Tilapia louka
Tilapia margaritacea
Tilapia mariae (Spotted Tilapia)
Tilapia nyongana
Tilapia rendalli (Redbreast Tilapia)
Tilapia rheophila
Tilapia ruweti (Okavango Tilapia)
Tilapia snyderae
Tilapia sparrmanii (Banded Tilapia)
Tilapia spongotroktis
Tilapia tholloni
Tilapia thysi
Tilapia walteri
Tilapia zillii (Redbelly Tilapia)
Trahiras - Family Erythrinidae
Erythrinus erythrinus
Erythrinus kessleri
Hoplerythrinus cinereus
Hoplerythrinus gronovii
Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (Aimara)
Hoplias aimara
Hoplias brasiliensis
Hoplias lacerdae
Hoplias macrophthalmus (Giant trahira)
Hoplias malabaricus (Trahira)
Hoplias microcephalus
Hoplias microlepis
Hoplias patana
Hoplias teres
Airsac catfishes - Family Heteropneustidae
Heteropneustes fossilis (Stinging catfish)
Heteropneustes kemratensis
Heteropneustes longipectoralis
Heteropneustes microps
To protect and conserve Florida's natural aquatic resources and help ensure public safety, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) prohibits (see Prohibited fishes) or restricts (see list above) certain non-native fishes and aquatic fauna. Moreover, no person shall allow or permit any freshwater aquatic organism not native to the
state to remain in the waters of any pond which is not maintained or operated for the production of such non-native
species.
The FWC uses well-defined criteria to determine where a
species should appear on the list. The most current list is available by checking the statutes (See 68A-23.008).
Species that were included on the list as of July 2003 are described on this page. In general, prohibited non-native aquatic
species, listed in red in the link box above, may not be imported, sold, possessed or transported in Florida. Very limited exceptions are made by permit for viewing at large public aquaria or for research, provided Commission-approved maximum security requirements are met. No exceptions are made for certain prohibited
species, such as piranha. Research permits for prohibited aquatic
species are also very stringent.
Restricted non-native aquatic
species, listed in brown in the link box above, may only be possessed under permit from the executive director. Prior to the issuance of such permit, the facilities where the restricted aquatic
species are to be kept and waters where their use is intended may be inspected by Commission personnel to assure that adequate safeguards exist to prevent escape or accidental release into the waters of the
state.
Note that much of the information on this page was taken from Fish base and "Living Fishes of the World," by Herald, or from the "Identification Guide to the Restricted and Prohibited Exotic Fishes," which was edited by Lt. Tom Quinn for FWC.
Link:
http://floridafisheries.com/Fishes/Restricted.html
