Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Chocoheros microlepis (a cichlid, 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. This additional information will help inform decisions on where, when, and how the species may be used to minimize risks of them becoming invasive.

Chocoheros microlepis is a cichlid species native to the Baudó River basin near the Pacific coast of Colombia. Little information is available about this species, and it has never been reported as introduced or established outside of its native range. History of invasiveness is uncertain. C. microlepis has a low climate match with the contiguous United States. The climate match is uniformly very low across the entire contiguous United States. Certainty of this assessment is low because of a lack of information from which to base an assessment of the invasive potential of this species. The overall risk assessment category is uncertain.