Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Barbodes polylepis (a fish, no common name) - 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.

Barbodes polylepis is a species of cyprinid native to the Wujiang River sub-basin in China. There is not much information available about this species. The history of invasiveness for B. polylepis is uncertain. No records of introductions were found. The climate match is low, 0.001. Florida had a medium individual match. The certainty of assessment is low. Information about B. polylepis was sparse and the source locations used for the climate match were generalized. The overall risk assessment category is uncertain.