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Introduced and invasive animals in Iran

75 animal species are listed as introduced in Iran by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 10 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Iran

Introduced species
75
Flagged invasive
10

Which invasive animals are in Iran?

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

LC, Least Concern
Black rat (Rattus rattus)

Black rat

Rattus rattus

Muridae

Slider

Trachemys scripta

EmydidaeNo free photo yet

Gambies

Gambusia holbrooki

PoeciliidaeNo free photo yet

Ragworm

Hediste diversicolor

NereididaeNo free photo yet

Mango fish

Coptodon zillii

CichlidaeNo free photo yet

Sharpbelly

Hemiculter leucisculus

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

BalanidaeNo free photo yet

All introduced animals in Iran

Invasive species first.

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusIn this country
Black ratRattus rattusMuridaeLeast ConcernInvasive
SliderTrachemys scriptaEmydidaeNot recordedInvasive
GambiesGambusia holbrookiPoeciliidaeNot recordedInvasive
Leidy's comb jellyMnemiopsis leidyiBolinopsidaeNot recordedInvasive
RagwormHediste diversicolorNereididaeNot recordedInvasive
Mango fishCoptodon zilliiCichlidaeNot recordedInvasive
SharpbellyHemiculter leucisculusCyprinidaeNot recordedInvasive
Iiory barnacleAmphibalanus eburneusBalanidaeNot recordedInvasive
Bay barnacleAmphibalanus improvisusBalanidaeNot recordedInvasive
Pleopis polyphemoidesPleopis polyphemoidesPodonidaeNot recordedInvasive
RaccoonProcyon lotorProcyonidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Common carpCyprinus carpioCyprinidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Northern pikeEsox luciusEsocidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Brown ratRattus norvegicusMuridaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
European eelAnguilla anguillaAnguillidaeCritically EndangeredIntroduced
GuppyPoecilia reticulataPoeciliidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Rhesus macaqueMacaca mulattaCercopithecidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
NutriaMyocastor coypusEchimyidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Flathead grey mulletMugil cephalusMugilidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykissSalmonidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Rose-ringed parakeetPsittacula krameriPsittaculidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idellaCyprinidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Crucian carpCarassius carassiusCyprinidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
ZanderSander luciopercaPercidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Asian tiger mosquitoAedes albopictusCulicidaeNot recordedIntroduced
European flounderPlatichthys flesusPleuronectidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Alexandrine parakeetPsittacula eupatriaPsittaculidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Silver carpHypophthalmichthys molitrixCyprinidaeNear ThreatenedIntroduced
Ruddy duckOxyura jamaicensisAnatidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Prussian carpCarassius gibelioCyprinidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Red-vented bulbulPycnonotus caferPycnonotidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Green swordtailXiphophorus helleriiPoeciliidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
MosquitofishGambusia affinisPoeciliidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Pink salmonOncorhynchus gorbuschaSalmonidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Bighead carpHypophthalmichthys nobilisCyprinidaeData DeficientIntroduced
Chum salmonOncorhynchus ketaSalmonidaeNot recordedIntroduced
BarramundiLates calcariferLatidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Brook troutSalvelinus fontinalisSalmonidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Chinese mitten crabEriocheir sinensisVarunidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Asian house shrewSuncus murinusSoricidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Bank mynaAcridotheres ginginianusSturnidaeLeast ConcernIntroduced
Coho salmonOncorhynchus kisutchSalmonidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Stone MorocoPseudorasbora parvaCyprinidaeNot recordedIntroduced
BassMicropterus salmoidesCentrarchidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Black AmurMylopharyngodon piceusCyprinidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Chinese softshellPelodiscus sinensisTrionychidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Black tiger shrimpPenaeus monodonPenaeidaeNot recordedIntroduced
MudcatAmeiurus nebulosusIctaluridaeNot recordedIntroduced
Fall webwormHyphantria cuneaErebidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Pharaoh antMonomorium pharaonisFormicidaeNot recordedIntroduced
RoccusMorone saxatilisMoronidaeNot recordedIntroduced
BullLepomis macrochirusCentrarchidaeNot recordedIntroduced
RicefishOryzias latipesAdrianichthyidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Zebra cichlidAmatitlania nigrofasciataCichlidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Blue lobsterMacrobrachium rosenbergiiPalaemonidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Fossil catHeteropneustes fossilisHeteropneustidaeNot recordedIntroduced
KutumRutilus frisiiCyprinidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Worm snakeIndotyphlops braminusTyphlopidaeNot recordedIntroduced
TuffyPimephales promelasCyprinidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Crazy antParatrechina longicornisFormicidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Upsidedown jellyCassiopea andromedaCassiopeidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Invasive garden antLasius neglectusFormicidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Oriental river prawnMacrobrachium nipponensePalaemonidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Amur gobyRhinogobius similisGobiidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Destroyer antTrichomyrmex destructorFormicidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Ovate beroidBeroe ovataBeroidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Aquatic oligochaete wormBranchiura sowerbyiNaididaeNot recordedIntroduced
Beech coccusCryptococcus fagisugaCryptococcidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Indian big-headed antPheidole indicaFormicidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Yellow-footed antNylanderia flavipesFormicidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Field crazy antNylanderia vividulaFormicidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Samsum antBrachyponera sennaarensisFormicidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Golden grey mulletChelon auratusMugilidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Small mulletChelon saliensMugilidaeNot recordedIntroduced
Didemnum psammatodesDidemnum psammatodesDidemnidaeNot recordedIntroduced

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.