Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Barbonymus platysoma (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.

Barbonymus platysoma is a species of cyprinid native to the islands of Southeast Asia. The history of invasiveness for B. platysoma is uncertain. No records of introductions were found. The climate match is low. The certainty of assessment is low. There was very little information available for B. platysoma. The distribution data used for the climate match was derived from two sources with only generalized text based locations. The overall risk assessment category is uncertain.

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