Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Hypostomus mutucae (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 mutucae is a catfish native to the Cuiabá River basin in Brazil. This species has no documented history of introduction in the United States or elsewhere outside its native range. However, unidentified species of Hypostomus are established in the United States. History of invasiveness is uncertain. H. mutucae was present in the aquarium trade in the United States in recent years, but it is not known to be in trade currently. The climate match to the contiguous United States was low overall, but there was a high match in southern Florida and medium match in coastal Texas and other parts of peninsular Florida. Because of the lack of documented introduction history, substantial taxonomic uncertainty, and a lack of georeferenced occurrences for climate matching, certainty of this assessment is low and overall risk is uncertain.