List of invasive aquatic species in Montana

Montana, USA, has a wide variety of invasive aquatic species ranging from algae to turtles. The effect each invasive species has on the environment varies greatly, some species are devastating while others are negligible. Aquatic plants and algae may easily be transported from lake to lake by boaters who do not take the necessary precautions when launching their boats into new bodies of water.- Sometimes, pet owners release their pets into a non-native habitat where they will actually thrive and eventually establish a population and then begin to displace the native species that it competes with.- - -

Algae MediaFamilyScientific nameCommon nameOriginGomphonemataceaeDidymosphenia geminataDidymoCryptogenic

Amphibians MediaFamilyScientific nameCommon nameOriginRanidaeLithobates catesbeianusAmerican bullfrogNative transplantHylidaePseudacris regillaNorthern Pacific tree frogNative transplant

Fish MediaFamilyScientific NameCommon nameOriginCentrarchidaeAmbloplites rupestrisRock bassNative transplantIctaluridaeAmeiurus melasBlack bullheadNative transplantIctaluridaeAmeiurus natalisYellow bullheadNative transplantCyprinidaeCarassius auratusGoldfishExoticCatostomidaeCatostomus ardensUtah suckerNative transplantCatostomidaeCatostomus commersoniiWhite suckerNative transplantSalmonidaeCoregonus artediCiscoNative transplantSalmonidaeCoregonus clupeaformisLake whitefishNative transplantCyprinidaeCouesius plumbeusLake chubNative transplantGasterosteidaeCulaea inconstansBrook sticklebackNative transplantCyprinidaeCyprinus carpioCommon carpExoticEsocidaeEsox luciusNorthern pikeNative transplantEsocidaeEsox lucius × masquinongyTiger muskellungeNative hybridFundulidaeFundulus kansaeNorthern Plains killifishNative transplantFundulidaeFundulus zebrinusPlains killifishNative transplantPoeciliidaeGambusia affinisWestern mosquitofishNative transplantCyprinidaeGila atrariaUtah chubNative transplantIctaluridaeIctalurus punctatusChannel catfishNative transplantCentrarchidaeLepomis cyanellusGreen sunfishNative transplantCentrarchidaeLepomis gibbosusPumpkinseedNative transplantCentrarchidaeLepomis macrochirusBluegillNative transplantCentrarchidaeMicropterus dolomieuSmallmouth bassNative transplantCentrarchidaeMicropterus salmoidesLargemouth bassNative transplantMoronidaeMorone chrysopsWhite bassNative transplantCyprinidaeNotemigonus crysoleucasGolden shinerNative transplantCyprinidaeNotropis hudsoniusSpottail shinerNative transplantSalmonidaeOncorhynchus aguabonitaGolden troutNative transplantSalmonidaeOncorhynchus clarkii bouvieriYellowstone cutthroat troutNative transplantSalmonidaeOncorhynchus clarkii lewisiWestslope cutthroat troutNative transplantSalmonidaeOncorhynchus clarkii × mykissCutbow troutNative hybridSalmonidaeOncorhynchus kisutchCoho salmonNative transplantSalmonidaeOncorhynchus mykissRainbow troutNative transplantSalmonidaeOncorhynchus mykiss ssp.Redband troutNative transplantSalmonidaeOncorhynchus nerkaSockeye salmonNative transplantSalmonidaeOncorhynchus tshawytschaChinook salmonNative transplantCichlidaeOreochromis mossambicusMozambique tilapiaExoticOsmeridaeOsmerus mordaxRainbow smeltNative transplantPercidaePerca flavescensYellow perchNative transplantCharacidaePiaractus brachypomusPirapitinga, red-bellied pacuExoticCyprinidaePimephales promelasFathead minnowNative transplantPoeciliidaePoecilia latipinnaSailfin mollyNative transplantPoeciliidaePoecilia mexicanaShortfin mollyExoticPoeciliidaePoecilia reticulataGuppyExoticPoeciliidaePoecilia sphenopsMexican mollyExoticCentrarchidaePomoxis annularisWhite crappieNative transplantCentrarchidaePomoxis nigromaculatusBlack crappieNative transplantCyprinidaeRichardsonius balteatusRedside shinerExoticSalmonidaeSalmo letnicaOhrid troutExoticSalmonidaeSalmo salar sebagoAtlantic salmonNative transplantSalmonidaeSalmo truttaBrown troutExoticSalmonidaeSalmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalisTiger troutExotic hybridSalmonidaeSalvelinus fontinalisBrook troutNative transplantSalmonidaeSalvelinus namaycushLake troutNative transplantPercidaeSander canadensis × vitreusSaugeyeNative hybridPercidaeSander vitreusWalleyeNative transplantSalmonidaeThymallus arcticusArctic graylingNative transplantUmbridaeUmbra limiCentral mudminnowNative transplantPoeciliidaeXiphophorus helleriiGreen swordtailExoticPoeciliidaeXiphophorus maculatusSouthern platyfishExoticPoeciliidaeXiphophorus variatusVariable platyfishExotic

Aquatic mammals MediaFamilyScientific nameCommon nameOriginMyocastoridaeMyocastor coypusNutriaExotic

Mollusks MediaFamilyScientific nameCommon nameOriginCyrenidaeCorbicula flumineaAsian clamExoticDreissenidaeDreissena sp.Zebra muscle ExoticBithyniidaeBithynia tentaculataMud bithynia, faucet snailExoticThiaridaeMelanoides tuberculataRed-rim melaniaExoticPhysidaePhysella acutaAcute bladder snailNative transplantHydrobiidaePotamopyrgus antipodarumNew Zealand mudsnailExoticLymnaeidaeRadix auriculariaEuropean ear snailExotic

Aquatic plants MediaFamilyScientific nameCommon nameOriginPoaceaeAlopecurus geniculatusWater foxtailExoticButomaceaeButomus umbellatusFlowering rushExoticPlantaginaceaeCallitriche stagnalisPond water-starwortExoticIridaceaeIris pseudacorusYellow irisExoticJuncaceaeJuncus compressusRoundfruit rushExoticJuncaceaeJuncus gerardiiSaltmeadow rushNative transplantLythraceaeLythrum salicariaPurple loosestrifeExoticBoraginaceaeMyosotis scorpioidesForget-me-notExoticHaloragaceaeMyriophyllum aquaticumParrot featherExoticHaloragaceaeMyriophyllum spicatumEurasian watermilfoilExoticHydrocharitaceaeNajas marinaHolly-leaf waternymphNative transplantBrassicaceaeNasturtium officinalewater-cressExoticNymphaeaceaeNymphaea odorataAmerican white waterlilyNative transplantPoaceaePhalaris arundinaceaReed canarygrassExoticPotamogetonaceaePotamogeton crispusCurly-leaf pondweedExoticBrassicaceaeRorippa sylvestrisKeekExoticTamaricaceaeTamarixTamariskExoticTyphaceaeTypha angustifoliaNarrow-leaved cattailExoticHydrocharitaceaeVallisneria americanaWild-celeryNative transplant

Reptiles MediaFamilyScientific nameCommon nameOriginChelydridaeChelydra serpentinaSnapping turtleNative transplant

Crustaceans MediaFamilyScientific nameCommon nameOriginGammaridaeGammarus sp.AmphipodNative transplantCambaridaeFaxonius virilisVirile crayfish, northern crayfishNative transplantMysidaeMysis diluvianaOpossum shrimpNative transplant

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