Ecological Risk Screening Summary - Trichomycterus spilosoma (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.

Trichomycterus spilosoma is a species of parasitic catfish native to the Pacific coast of Colombia. There are no documented introductions of this species outside its native range. History of invasiveness is uncertain. Several U.S. States prohibit or restrict the possession, transport, or trade of this species along with other members of the family Trichomycteridae. Certainty of this assessment is low due to a lack of information. T. spilosoma has a low overall climate match with the contiguous United States, with medium match only along the Atlantic coast of Florida. The overall risk posed by this species is uncertain.