Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Tometes makue (a fish, 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.

Tometes makue is a characin fish native to South America. T. makue was first described in 2002. The history of invasiveness is classified as No Known Nonnative Population. There were no records of introductions to the wild found and therefore no information on impacts of introduction. The overall climate match was low for the entire contiguous United States. There were no areas of high or medium match. The certainty of assessment is low. The overall risk assessment is uncertain.