Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Banded Leporinus (Leporinus fasciatus) - Uncertain Risk

Species that are considered uncertain risk need a more in-depth assessment beyond the Risk Summary to better define the species’ risk to U.S. environments.

The Banded Lepornis (Lepornius fasciatus) is a fish native to the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. This species is popular in the aquarium trade. An introduction was reported in Hawaii in 1984 and one individual fish was reported in Florida between 1984 and 1981, but neither resulted in currently established populations. No information on impacts of introduction was found. The history of invasiveness is none documented. The climate match for the contiguous United States was low, the only area of high match was in southern peninsular Florida. The certainty of assessment is low. The overall risk assessment category for Lepornis fasciatus is uncertain.