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Introduced and invasive animals in Romania

152 animal species are listed as introduced in Romania by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 42 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Romania

Introduced species: 152
Flagged invasive: 42

Which invasive animals are in Romania?

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

Stone Moroco

Pseudorasbora parva

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Seed

Lepomis gibbosus

CentrarchidaeNo free photo yet

All introduced animals in Romania

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Common pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Phasianidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus	Cricetidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Common raccoon dog	Nyctereutes procyonoides	Canidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Cyprinidae	Near Threatened	Invasive
Prussian carp	Carassius gibelio	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Cyprinidae	Data Deficient	Invasive
Brook trout	Salvelinus fontinalis	Salmonidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Chinese mitten crab	Eriocheir sinensis	Varunidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Signal crayfish	Pacifastacus leniusculus	Astacidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Stone Moroco	Pseudorasbora parva	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Seed	Lepomis gibbosus	Centrarchidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mudcat	Ameiurus nebulosus	Ictaluridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Great shipworm	Teredo navalis	Teredinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Horned pout	Ameiurus melas	Ictaluridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Asian clam	Corbicula fluminea	Cyrenidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Steamer	Mya arenaria	Myidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Horse-chestnut leafminer	Cameraria ohridella	Gracillariidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Leidy's comb jelly	Mnemiopsis leidyi	Bolinopsidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Amur sleeper	Perccottus glenii	Odontobutidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Plane lace bug	Corythucha ciliata	Tingidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Rapana venosa	Rapana venosa	Muricidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Delcore crayfish	Faxonius limosus	Cambaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chinese pondmussel	Sinanodonta woodiana	Not recorded	Not recorded	Invasive
Mud crab	Rhithropanopeus harrisii	Panopeidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Oak lace bug	Corythucha arcuata	Tingidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Tube worm	Ficopomatus enigmaticus	Serpulidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Club tunicate	Styela clava	Styelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Kagoshima blood cockle	Anadara kagoshimensis	Arcidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bag mussel	Arcuatula senhousia	Mytilidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ovate beroid	Beroe ovata	Beroidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Asian shrimp	Palaemon macrodactylus	Palaemonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Obscure corambe	Corambe obscura	Corambidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Black sea jellyfish	Blackfordia virginica	Blackfordiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Whip mudworm	Polydora cornuta	Spionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bay barnacle	Amphibalanus improvisus	Balanidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Rope grass hydroid	Calyptospadix cerulea	Bougainvilliidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Harmonia axyridis	Harmonia axyridis	Coccinellidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Megabruchidius dorsalis	Megabruchidius dorsalis	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Megabruchidius tonkineus	Megabruchidius tonkineus	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Microsetella rosea	Microsetella rosea	Ectinosomatidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Rathkea octopunctata	Rathkea octopunctata	Rathkeidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Leporidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Canada goose	Branta canadensis	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Guppy	Poecilia reticulata	Poeciliidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Bar-headed goose	Anser indicus	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Nutria	Myocastor coypus	Echimyidae	Least Concern	Introduced
American mink	Neogale vison	Mustelidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Anatidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Asian tiger mosquito	Aedes albopictus	Culicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
American paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Polyodontidae	Vulnerable	Introduced
Blue crab	Callinectes sapidus	Portunidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Barbel	Clarias gariepinus	Clariidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Slider	Trachemys scripta	Emydidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fall webworm	Hyphantria cunea	Erebidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pharaoh ant	Monomorium pharaonis	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Channel cat	Ictalurus punctatus	Ictaluridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pine seed bug	Leptoglossus occidentalis	Coreidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Gambies	Gambusia holbrooki	Poeciliidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pea weevil	Acanthoscelides obtectus	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ashy physa	Physella acuta	Physidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Common oyster	Crassostrea virginica	Ostreidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Floury Mothbug	Metcalfa pruinosa	Flatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mudsnail	Potamopyrgus antipodarum	Tateidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ghost ant	Tapinoma melanocephalum	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Quagga mussel	Dreissena bugensis	Dreissenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Roger's Crypt ant	Hypoponera punctatissima	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mud dauber wasp	Sceliphron caementarium	Sphecidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Asian mud-dauber wasp	Sceliphron curvatum	Sphecidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Invasive garden ant	Lasius neglectus	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Locust digitate leafminer	Parectopa robiniella	Gracillariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
London midget	Phyllonorycter platani	Gracillariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Saddleback caterpillar	Acharia stimulea	Limacodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lime leafminer	Phyllonorycter issikii	Gracillariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Velvet longhorned beetle	Trichoferus campestris	Cerambycidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Striped barnacle	Amphibalanus amphitrite	Balanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Clarid catfish	Clarias ngamensis	Clariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Redheaded ash borer	Neoclytus acuminatus	Cerambycidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Spined soldier bug	Podisus maculiventris	Pentatomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
White scale	Pseudaulacaspis pentagona	Diaspididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mimic lymnaea	Pseudosuccinea columella	Lymnaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pacific crab	Hemigrapsus sanguineus	Varunidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Greenhouse whitefly parasitoid wasp	Encarsia formosa	Aphelinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Arborvitae leafminer	Argyresthia thuiella	Argyresthiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Green anemone	Diadumene lineata	Diadumenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Four-spotted sap beetle	Glischrochilus quadrisignatus	Nitidulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Douglas fir adelgid	Adelges cooleyi	Adelgidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Japanese maple leafhopper	Japananus hyalinus	Cicadellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Molgula	Molgula manhattensis	Molgulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Denki mushi	Monema flavescens	Limacodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Locust gall midge	Obolodiplosis robiniae	Cecidomyiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Zig-zag sawfly	Aproceros leucopoda	Argidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Douglas fir seed Chalcidoid wasp	Megastigmus spermotrophus	Megastigmidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Acorn anobiid	Ozognathus cornutus	Ptinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Flat mud crab	Eurypanopeus depressus	Panopeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Volcano barnacle	Perforatus perforatus	Balanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Euonymus scale	Unaspis euonymi	Diaspididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fragile ancylid	Ferrissia californica	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Camellia soft scale	Pulvinaria floccifera	Coccidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Siris bean weevil	Bruchidius terrenus	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fletcher scale	Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Coccidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pine bark adelgid	Pineus strobi	Adelgidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Olive-shaded bird dropping moth	Ponometia candefacta	Noctuidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black stem borer	Xylosandrus germanus	Curculionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black locust leafminer	Macrosaccus robiniella	Gracillariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Locust sawfly	Euura tibialis	Tenthredinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Acanthoscelides pallidipennis	Acanthoscelides pallidipennis	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Adelges nordmannianae	Adelges nordmannianae	Adelgidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Agetus flaccus	Agetus flaccus	Corycaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Agetus typicus	Agetus typicus	Corycaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aphytis mytilaspidis	Aphytis mytilaspidis	Aphelinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bruchidius siliquastri	Bruchidius siliquastri	Chrysomelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bruchophagus sophorae	Bruchophagus sophorae	Eurytomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Calocalanus pavo	Calocalanus pavo	Paracalanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Calocalanus pavoninus	Calocalanus pavoninus	Paracalanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Calocalanus plumulosus	Calocalanus plumulosus	Paracalanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Calocalanus tenuis	Calocalanus tenuis	Paracalanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Clausocalanus arcuicornis	Clausocalanus arcuicornis	Clausocalanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chinese scale	Comstockaspis perniciosa	Diaspididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Corycaeus clausi	Corycaeus clausi	Corycaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cryptographis perspectalis	Cryptographis perspectalis	Crambidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ctenocalanus vanus	Ctenocalanus vanus	Clausocalanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dipolydora quadrilobata	Dipolydora quadrilobata	Spionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ectopsocus meridionalis	Ectopsocus meridionalis	Ectopsocidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Einhornia crustulenta	Einhornia crustulenta	Electridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Euterpina acutifrons	Euterpina acutifrons	Tachidiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Macropsis elaeagni	Macropsis elaeagni	Cicadellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Miyagi oyster	Magallana gigas	Ostreidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mecynocera clausi	Mecynocera clausi	Paracalanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mesocalanus tenuicornis	Mesocalanus tenuicornis	Calanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Neocalanus gracilis	Neocalanus gracilis	Calanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oithona davisae	Oithona davisae	Oithonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oncaea mediterranea	Oncaea mediterranea	Oncaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paracalanus aculeatus	Paracalanus aculeatus	Paracalanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paracalanus nanus	Paracalanus nanus	Paracalanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Perigona nigriceps	Perigona nigriceps	Carabidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Plagiolepis pygmaea	Plagiolepis pygmaea	Formicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Polydora websteri	Polydora websteri	Spionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pontella mediterranea	Pontella mediterranea	Pontellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Psyllipsocus ramburii	Psyllipsocus ramburii	Psyllipsocidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sphaeroma walkeri	Sphaeroma walkeri	Sphaeromatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Streblospio gynobranchiata	Streblospio gynobranchiata	Spionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tinocallis saltans	Tinocallis saltans	Aphididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Triconia dentipes	Triconia dentipes	Oncaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Triconia minuta	Triconia minuta	Oncaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Trioza neglecta	Trioza neglecta	Triozidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Urnatella gracilis	Urnatella gracilis	Barentsiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Urocorycaeus furcifer	Urocorycaeus furcifer	Corycaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Uscana johnstoni	Uscana johnstoni	Trichogrammatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Verruca spengleri	Verruca spengleri	Verrucidae	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.