Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Malapterurus cavalliensis (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.

Malapterurus cavalliensis is an electric catfish native to a coastal river along central Africa’s Atlantic coast. Not much is known about this species. The history of invasiveness is uncertain; no records of introduction were found. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (2018) has listed the electric catfish M. cavalliensis as a prohibited species. The climate match is low, however there was a small area of medium match in south Florida. There is lowered confidence in the result of the climate match due to a lack of georeferenced locations to use as source points. The certainty of assessment is low; the overall risk assessment category is uncertain.