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Introduced and invasive animals in Fiji

70 animal species are listed as introduced in Fiji by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 40 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Fiji

Introduced species: 70
Flagged invasive: 40

Which invasive animals are in Fiji?

Species the checklist flags as invasive, most looked-up first.

All introduced animals in Fiji

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Wild boar	Sus scrofa	Suidae	Least Concern	Invasive
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Rock dove	Columba livia	Columbidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Brown trout	Salmo trutta	Salmonidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Common myna	Acridotheres tristis	Sturnidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Green iguana	Iguana iguana	Iguanidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Asian tiger mosquito	Aedes albopictus	Culicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cane toad	Rhinella marina	Bufonidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Polynesian rat	Rattus exulans	Muridae	Least Concern	Invasive
Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Cyprinidae	Near Threatened	Invasive
Red-vented bulbul	Pycnonotus cafer	Pycnonotidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Crown-of-thorns starfish	Acanthaster planci	Acanthasteridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Asian snakehead	Channa striata	Channidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Stone Moroco	Pseudorasbora parva	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Jungle myna	Acridotheres fuscus	Sturnidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Centrarchidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Longlegged ant	Anoplolepis gracilipes	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Pharaoh ant	Monomorium pharaonis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Gambies	Gambusia holbrooki	Poeciliidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Tobacco whitefly	Bemisia tabaci	Aleyrodidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Asian rhinoceros beetle	Oryctes rhinoceros	Scarabaeidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mealy scale	Icerya purchasi	Monophlebidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Worm snake	Indotyphlops braminus	Typhlopidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Southern house mosquito	Culex quinquefasciatus	Culicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bigheaded ant	Pheidole megacephala	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ghost ant	Tapinoma melanocephalum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Crazy ant	Paratrechina longicornis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Tropical fire ant	Solenopsis geminata	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Floral ant	Monomorium floricola	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Destroyer ant	Trichomyrmex destructor	Formicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cat	Felis catus	Felidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Erythrina gall wasp	Quadrastichus erythrinae	Eulophidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Domestic cattle	Bos taurus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Black twig borer	Xylosandrus compactus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mediterranean pine engraver	Orthotomicus erosus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mongoose	Urva javanica	Herpestidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Kid	Capra hircus	Bovidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Brontispa longissima	Brontispa longissima	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Guppy	Poecilia reticulata	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Dengue fever mosquito	Aedes aegypti	Culicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Neon tetra	Paracheirodon innesi	Acestrorhamphidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Green swordtail	Xiphophorus hellerii	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Cyprinidae	Data Deficient	Introduced
Nile tilapia	Oreochromis niloticus	Cichlidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Freshwater angelfish	Pterophyllum scalare	Cichlidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Mozambique tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus	Cichlidae	Vulnerable	Introduced
Chichak	Hemidactylus frenatus	Gekkonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Garden snail	Cornu aspersum	Helicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black tiger shrimp	Penaeus monodon	Penaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Native oyster	Ostrea edulis	Ostreidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sailfin molly	Poecilia latipinna	Poeciliidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Melon aphid	Aphis gossypii	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Channel cat	Ictalurus punctatus	Ictaluridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Java barb	Barbonymus gonionotus	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Blue tilapia	Oreochromis aureus	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cave molly	Poecilia mexicana	Poeciliidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Green mussel	Perna viridis	Mytilidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mango fish	Coptodon zillii	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black-striped mussel	Mytilopsis sallei	Dreissenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Perch	Percalates novemaculeatus	Percichthyidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Wami tilapia	Oreochromis urolepis	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Perch	Percalates colonorum	Percichthyidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hibiscus mealybug	Maconellicoccus hirsutus	Pseudococcidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Miyagi oyster	Magallana gigas	Ostreidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Whiteleg shrimp	Penaeus vannamei	Penaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced

A species is on this list when the country's checklist in the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species records it as introduced by people and present. It is marked invasive when the checklist records an impact on native wildlife or habitats. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another, and checklists are revised as countries report, so the list is not final. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0). See the sources.