Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Blue-eyed Panaque (Panaque suttonorum) - 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.

Panaque suttonorum is a freshwater armored catfish that is popular in the aquarium industry.  The history of invasiveness for P. suttonorum is uncertain.  A single record of an introduction was found (in Canada), and that introduction did not result in an established population. P. suttonorum is present in the aquarium trade but information on volume or duration of time in trade was not available. The climate match for the contiguous U.S. is 0.000, low. The certainty of the assessment is medium. The overall risk assessment category is uncertain.