Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Green Chromide Cichlid (Etroplus suratensis) - 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.

Etroplus suratensis, the Green Chromide, is a cichlid species native to Sri Lanka and coastal India. This species has been introduced to Singapore and Malaysia, but no studies are available that assess the negative impacts of these introductions. E. suratensis is in trade in the United States, but no introductions of this species in the U.S. have been documented. This species has a low climate match with the contiguous U.S. overall, and it has a medium climate match in Florida. The certainty of this assessment is low because of a lack of information from which to assess the risk this species poses to the contiguous U.S. The overall risk assessment category is uncertain.