Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Ochmacanthus orinico (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.

Ochmacanthus orinoco is a catfish native to the Negro, Orinoco, and Tocantins-Araguaia River basins in Brazil and Venezuela. There have been no documented introductions of the species outside its native range, so any impacts of introduction are unknown. State authorities currently consider O. orinoco dangerous to the ecology or the health and welfare of the people of Florida, where personal possession or commercial use of this species is prohibited by law. O. orinoco has a low climate match with the contiguous United States. Overall risk assessment category for this species is “uncertain.”