Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Hypostomus carinatus (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 carinatus is an armored catfish native to the Amazon River basin in South America. The history of invasiveness is uncertain. No records of introductions were found, therefore there is no information on impacts of introductions to evaluate. The climate match was low, however, Florida did have a high individual climate match. The certainty of assessment is low. While the distribution of the species seems to be well documented there is very little other information available. The overall risk assessment category is uncertain.