| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Status | Reference |
| Cyprinidae | Barbodes schwanefeldi | tinfoil barb | NE | |
| Carassius auratus | goldfish | NE | DeKay 1842; Courtenay & Hensley 1980 | |
| Ctenopharyngodon idella | grass carp | NE | Berg 1949; Connor et al 1980 | |
| Cyprinus carpio | common carp | E | Berg 1949; DeKay 1842 | |
| Danio melabaricus | Malabar danio | NE | ||
| Danio rerio | zebra danio | NE | ||
| Hypophthalmicthys molitrix | silver carp | NT | Courtenay & Williams 1992 | |
| Hypophyhalmichthys nobilis | bighead carp | NE | Jennings 1988; Shelton & Smitherman 1984 | |
| Labeo chrysophekadion | black sharkminnow | NE | ||
| Pimephales promelas | fathead minnow | LE,T | Carter Gilbert, pers. comm. 1993 | |
| Puntius conchonius | rosy barb | NE | ||
| Puntius gelius | dwarf barb | NE | ||
| Puntius tetrazona | tiger barb | NE | ||
| Cobitidae | Misgurnus anguillicaudatus | oriental weatherfish | LE | Berg 1949; St. Amant & Hoover 1969 |
| Characidae | Colossoma spp. | pacu | NE | |
| Colossoma macropomum | tambaqui,pacs | NE | ||
| Gymnocorymbus ternetzi | black tetra | NE | ||
| Hoplias malabaricus | trahira | ER | ||
| Leporinus fasciatus | banded leporinus | NE | ||
| Metynnis spp. | NE | |||
| Piaractus brachypomus | pirapatinga | NE | ||
| Characidae | Pygocentrus nattereri | red piranha | ER | FGFWFC, pers. comm. |
| Serrasalmus humeralis = S. rhombeus | pirambeba | ER | Shafland 1991 | |
| Characidae | Serrasalmus rhombeus | redeye piranha | NE | Shafland & Foote 1979; Moe 1964 |
| Clariidae | Clarias batrachus | walking catfish | E* | Courtenay 1978, 1979a, 1979b |
| Loricariidae | Hypostomus spp. | suckermouth catfish | NE | Courtenay et. al. 1974; Burgess 1958 |
| Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus | sailfin catfish | E* | Courtenay 1986 | |
| Doradidae | Platydoras costatus | Raphael catfish | NE | |
| Pseudodoras niger | ripsaw catfish | NE | ||
| Pterodoras granulosus | granulated catfish | NE | ||
| Pimelodidae | Phractocephalus hemiliopterus | redtail catfish | NE | |
| Callichthyidae | Callichthys callichthys | cascarudo | NE | |
| Corydoras spp. | Corydoras | NE | ||
| Belonesox belizanus | pike killifish | E* | Belshe 1961; Miley 1978 | |
| Poecilia mexicana | shortfin molly | NT | Courtenay 1973; Courtenay et al. 1974 | |
| Poecilia reticulata | guppy | NE | Pers. comm., R. Robbins | |
| Xiphophorus helleri | green swordtail | LE | Dial & Wainright 1983 | |
| Xiphophorus maculatus | southern platyfish | LE | Courtenay et al. 1974; Dial & Wainright 1983 | |
| Xiphophorus variatus | variable platyfish | LE | Courtenay et al. 1974; Burgess et al. 1977 | |
| Cichlidae | Aequidens pulcher | blue acara | NE | |
| Astronotus ocellatus | oscar | E* | Courtenay et al. 1974; Hogg 1974 | |
| Cichla ocellaris | peacock bass | E* | Shafland 1993 | |
| Cichla temensis | speckled pavon | NE | Ogilvie 1966; Chapman 1989 | |
| Cichlasoma bimaculatum | black acara | E* | Rivas 1965 | |
| Cichlasoma citrinellum | midas cichlid | LE | Anderson et al. 1984 | |
| Cichlasoma meeki | firemouth cichlid | E | Courtenay 1980 | |
| Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum | Rio Grande perch | LE,T | Courtenay 1974 | |
| Cichlasoma octofasciatum | Jack Dempsey | LE | Shafland1982; Courtenay 1974 | |
Cichlasoma urophthalmus
| Mayan cichlid |
E* |
Miller 1966; Loftus 1987 |
| |
| Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum | convict cichlid | NE | Rivas 1965 | |
| Cichlasoma beani | green guapote | NE | ||
| Cichlasoma salvini | yellowbelly cichlid | LE, ER | Shafland 1991 | |
| Cichlasoma trimaculatum | threespot cichlid | NE | ||
| Geophagus brasiliensis | pearl eartheater | NE | ||
| Geophagus surinamensis | redstriped eartheater | LE | Metzger & Shafland 1984; Axelrod et al. 1980 | |
| Hemichromis bimaculatus | African jewelfish | E* | Courtenay 1974; Courtenay & Robins 1973 | |
| Labeotropheus spp. | NE | |||
| Pterophyllum scalare | freshwater angelfish | NE | ||
| Tilapia aurea | blue tilapia | E* | Foote 1977 | |
| Tilapia mariae | spotted tilapia | E* | Hogg 1974, 1976a, b | |
| Tilapia melanotheron | blackchin tilapia | E* | Springer & Finucane 1963 | |
| Tilapia mossambica | Mozambique tilapia | LE | Dial & Wainright 1984 | |
| Tilapia zilli | redbelly tilapia | NE, ER | Courtenay et al. 1980; Shafland 1991 | |
| Tilapia melanopleura | congo tilapia | NE | Courtenay & Stauffer 1990 | |
| Tilapia nilotica | Nile tilapia | LE | ||
| Tilapia sparrmani | banded tilapia | NE | ||
| Anabantidae | Anabas testudineus | climbing perch | NE | |
| Betta splendens | Siamese fighting fish | NE | ||
| Colisa labiosa | thicklip gourami | NE | ||
| Colisa lalia | dwarf gourami | NE | ||
| Ctenopoma nigropannosum | twospot ctenopoma | NE | ||
| Helostoma temmincki | kissing gourami | NE | ||
| Macropodus opercularis | paradise fish | NE | ||
| Trichogaster leeri | pearl gourami | NE | ||
| Trichogaster trichopterus | threespot gourami | NE | ||
| Trichopsis vittata | croaking gourami | LE | ||
| Ictaluridae | Pylodictis olivaris | fathead catfish | E,T* | FGFWC, pers. comm. |
| Moronidae | Morone chrysops | white bass | E,T* | Lee et al. 1980 |
| Centrarchidae | Lepomis humilis | orangespotted sunfish | LE,T | Gilbert, pers. comm. |
| Poxomis annularis | white crappie | E,T | Lee et al. 1980 | |
| Percidae | Perca flavescens | yellow perch | E,T | Lee et al. 1980 |
| Stizostedion canadense | sauger | NE,T | Yerger & Beecher 1975 | |
| Stizostedion vitreum | walleye | NE,T | Yerger and Suttkus 1962 |
E=established; NE=collected, but not established; LE=locally established; NT=not taken from wild; T=transplant; ER=eradicated Back to top
*=expanding population
Major references other than those listed above are Courtenay et a.l. 1984, 1986, 1991; Shafland 1986.