Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Arapaima leptosoma (a fish, no common name) - Uncertain Risk

Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Arapaima leptosoma (a fish, no common name) - Uncertain Risk
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Arapaima leptosoma is a freshwater fish native to the Solimões River in northern Brazil, within the Amazon River basin. Little information is available on this species, as it is known from only a single specimen. The history of invasiveness is classified as No Known Nonnative Population. The importation, possession, or trade of A. leptosoma is prohibited or restricted in the States of Florida and Oklahoma. The climate match for the contiguous United States was Low; all States had a low individual Climate 6 score. The certainty of this assessment is Low due to lack of information. The overall risk posed by A. leptosoma to the contiguous United States is Uncertain.

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