Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Hypostomus agna (a catfish, 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.

Hypostomus agna is an armored catfish native to Brazil. There is little information available for this species. The history of invasiveness is uncertain. It has not been reported as introduced or established outside of its native range, so impacts of introduction are unknown. The climate match analysis resulted in a medium match for the contiguous United States with high individual climate scores for Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. The certainty of this assessment is low. The overall risk assessment category in uncertain.