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Introduced and invasive animals in Ukraine

245 animal species are listed as introduced in Ukraine by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, and 71 of them are flagged as invasive.

All animals in Ukraine

Introduced species: 245
Flagged invasive: 71

Which invasive animals are in Ukraine?

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

Mudcat

Ameiurus nebulosus

IctaluridaeNo free photo yet

Peled

Coregonus peled

SalmonidaeNo free photo yet

All introduced animals in Ukraine

Invasive species first.

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	In this country
Rainbow trout	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Pink salmon	Oncorhynchus gorbuscha	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Blue mussel	Mytilus edulis	Mytilidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Nile tilapia	Oreochromis niloticus	Cichlidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Chinese mitten crab	Eriocheir sinensis	Varunidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mozambique tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus	Cichlidae	Vulnerable	Invasive
Vendace	Coregonus albula	Salmonidae	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
Peled	Coregonus peled	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Great shipworm	Teredo navalis	Teredinidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Channel cat	Ictalurus punctatus	Ictaluridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Asian clam	Corbicula fluminea	Cyrenidae	Least Concern	Invasive
Gambies	Gambusia holbrooki	Poeciliidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Steamer	Mya arenaria	Myidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Leidy's comb jelly	Mnemiopsis leidyi	Bolinopsidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Amur sleeper	Perccottus glenii	Odontobutidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Blue tilapia	Oreochromis aureus	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Rapana venosa	Rapana venosa	Muricidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mudsnail	Potamopyrgus antipodarum	Tateidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chinese pondmussel	Sinanodonta woodiana	Not recorded	Not recorded	Invasive
Quagga mussel	Dreissena bugensis	Dreissenidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Killer shrimp	Dikerogammarus villosus	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mud crab	Rhithropanopeus harrisii	Panopeidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Fishhook waterflea	Cercopagis pengoi	Cercopagidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Mango fish	Coptodon zillii	Cichlidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Foolish mussel	Mytilus trossulus	Mytilidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Striped barnacle	Amphibalanus amphitrite	Balanidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Asian clam	Corbicula fluminalis	Cyrenidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Hydroid	Cordylophora caspia	Cordylophoridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Tube worm	Ficopomatus enigmaticus	Serpulidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Glass waterflea	Leptodora kindti	Leptodoridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Pallas' whitefish	Coregonus pallasii	Salmonidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ovate beroid	Beroe ovata	Beroidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Caspian mud shrimp	Chelicorophium curvispinum	Corophiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Iiory barnacle	Amphibalanus eburneus	Balanidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Obscure corambe	Corambe obscura	Corambidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Demon shrimp	Dikerogammarus haemobaphes	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Whip mudworm	Polydora cornuta	Spionidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Bay barnacle	Amphibalanus improvisus	Balanidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Hydroid	Pachycordyle michaeli	Bougainvilliidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Amathillina cristata	Amathillina cristata	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chaetogammarus ischnus	Chaetogammarus ischnus	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chaetogammarus trichiatus	Chaetogammarus trichiatus	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chaetogammarus warpachowskyi	Chaetogammarus warpachowskyi	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chelicorophium chelicorne	Chelicorophium chelicorne	Corophiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chelicorophium maeoticum	Chelicorophium maeoticum	Corophiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chelicorophium mucronatum	Chelicorophium mucronatum	Corophiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chelicorophium nobile	Chelicorophium nobile	Corophiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Chelicorophium robustum	Chelicorophium robustum	Corophiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Cystobranchus fasciatus	Cystobranchus fasciatus	Piscicolidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Eocyzicus orientalis	Eocyzicus orientalis	Eocyzicidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ercolania viridis	Ercolania viridis	Limapontiidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Gmelina costata	Gmelina costata	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Gyrodactylus avalonia	Gyrodactylus avalonia	Gyrodactylidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Gyrodactylus mugili	Gyrodactylus mugili	Gyrodactylidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Gyrodactylus perccotti	Gyrodactylus perccotti	Gyrodactylidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Gyrodactylus zhukovi	Gyrodactylus zhukovi	Gyrodactylidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Kuzmelina kusnezowi	Kuzmelina kusnezowi	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Lanceogammarus andrussowi	Lanceogammarus andrussowi	Gammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Ligophorus kaohsianghsieni	Ligophorus kaohsianghsieni	Ancyrocephalidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Manayunkia caspica	Manayunkia caspica	Fabriciidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Obesogammarus crassus	Obesogammarus crassus	Pontogammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Obesogammarus obesus	Obesogammarus obesus	Pontogammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Obesogammarus subnudus	Obesogammarus subnudus	Pontogammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Onchocleidus similis	Onchocleidus similis	Ancyrocephalidae	Not recorded	Invasive
Pontogammarus maeoticus	Pontogammarus maeoticus	Pontogammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Pontogammarus robustoides	Pontogammarus robustoides	Pontogammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
Tubificoides benedii	Tubificoides benedii	Naididae	Not recorded	Invasive
Turcogammarus aralensis	Turcogammarus aralensis	Pontogammaridae	Not recorded	Invasive
House mouse	Mus musculus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Goldfish	Carassius auratus	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Leporidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus	Cricetidae	Least Concern	Introduced
European fallow deer	Dama dama	Cervidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Common raccoon dog	Nyctereutes procyonoides	Canidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Brown rat	Rattus norvegicus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Nutria	Myocastor coypus	Echimyidae	Least Concern	Introduced
American mink	Neogale vison	Mustelidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Sika deer	Cervus nippon	Cervidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Black rat	Rattus rattus	Muridae	Least Concern	Introduced
Chital	Axis axis	Cervidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Cyprinidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Escargot	Helix pomatia	Helicidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Gilt-head bream	Sparus aurata	Sparidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Cyprinidae	Near Threatened	Introduced
Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Cyprinidae	Data Deficient	Introduced
Blue crab	Callinectes sapidus	Portunidae	Not recorded	Introduced
White-lipped snail	Cepaea hortensis	Helicidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Grove snail	Cepaea nemoralis	Helicidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Putassu	Micromesistius poutassou	Gadidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bass	Micropterus salmoides	Centrarchidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black Amur	Mylopharyngodon piceus	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Zebra mussel	Dreissena polymorpha	Dreissenidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Salema	Sarpa salpa	Sparidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Garden snail	Cornu aspersum	Helicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Roccus	Morone saxatilis	Moronidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Snakehead	Channa argus	Channidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Leopard slug	Limax maximus	Limacidae	Least Concern	Introduced
Coachman	Heniochus acuminatus	Chaetodontidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sand steenbras	Lithognathus mormyrus	Sparidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Great pons snail	Lymnaea stagnalis	Not recorded	Least Concern	Introduced
Grey mullet	Chelon labrosus	Mugilidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bang	Sardinella aurita	Dorosomatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bubyr goby	Knipowitschia caucasica	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Horse-chestnut leafminer	Cameraria ohridella	Gracillariidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Horn-eel	Syngnathus acus	Syngnathidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Blue lobster	Macrobrachium rosenbergii	Palaemonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Giant toado	Lagocephalus sceleratus	Tetraodontidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aral stickleback	Pungitius platygaster	Gasterosteidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Red-rim melania	Melanoides tuberculata	Thiaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Kutum	Rutilus frisii	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Blackstriped pipefish	Syngnathus abaster	Syngnathidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Milky slug	Deroceras reticulatum	Agriolimacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ashy physa	Physella acuta	Physidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Red-mouth goby	Gobius cruentatus	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Golden goby	Gobius xanthocephalus	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Magnificent bryozoan	Pectinatella magnifica	Pectinatellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Diabolo blenny	Parablennius incognitus	Blenniidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Zebra goby	Zebrus zebrus	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dingo fish	Sphyraena obtusata	Sphyraenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
The nerite	Theodoxus fluviatilis	Neritidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Kolombatovic's goby	Chromogobius zebratus	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Steinitz's goby	Gammogobius steinitzi	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mongrel	Ictiobus cyprinellus	Catostomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Beer slug	Limacus flavus	Limacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Green mussel	Perna viridis	Mytilidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bath's goby	Pomatoschistus bathi	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black perch	Epinephelus caninus	Epinephelidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Couch's goby	Gobius couchi	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lucorum helix	Helix lucorum	Helicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Large-headed goby	Millerigobius macrocephalus	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Razorback	Ictiobus bubalus	Catostomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Buoy tender	Ictiobus niger	Catostomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Suzuki	Lateolabrax japonicus	Lateolabracidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Trident goby	Tridentiger trigonocephalus	Gobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
River snail	Viviparus viviparus	Viviparidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Blue slug	Bielzia coerulans	Limacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Wandering snail	Ampullaceana balthica	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Banded snail	Cernuella virgata	Geomitridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Vermiculate helix	Eobania vermiculata	Helicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oriental river prawn	Macrobrachium nipponense	Palaemonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Carthusian snail	Monacha cartusiana	Hygromiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Horny orb mussel	Sphaerium corneum	Sphaeriidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Darkface slug	Arion distinctus	Arionidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hemimysis	Hemimysis anomala	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dark bodied glass snail	Oxychilus draparnaudi	Oxychilidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Slough crayfish	Procambarus fallax	Cambaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ram	Ovis aries	Bovidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Seminole ramshorn	Planorbella duryi	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Quilted melania	Tarebia granifera	Thiaridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hooded waterflea	Daphnia cucullata	Daphniidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Green anemone	Diadumene lineata	Diadumenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Gravel snail	Lithoglyphus naticoides	Lithoglyphidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Dark falsemussel	Mytilopsis leucophaeata	Dreissenidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Planorbid snail	Biomphalaria glabrata	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Arthritic neptune	Neptunea arthritica	Buccinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Inequivalve ark	Anadara inaequivalvis	Arcidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Stickyhydroid	Bougainvillia muscus	Bougainvilliidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Nut orb shell	Sphaerium rivicola	Sphaeriidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Limy tubeworm	Hydroides dianthus	Serpulidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bristleworm	Magelona mirabilis	Magelonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Black sea jellyfish	Blackfordia virginica	Blackfordiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Slender stickhydroid	Eudendrium capillare	Eudendriidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Fragile ancylid	Ferrissia californica	Planorbidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hokkai shrimp	Pandalus latirostris	Pandalidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Gregarious fanworm	Pseudopotamilla reniformis	Sabellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Lost cuthona	Cuthona perca	Cuthonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Annulate sticky hydroid	Eudendrium vaginatum	Eudendriidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Coloured egg cockle	Monodacna colorata	Cardiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Aquatic oligochaete worm	Tubifex newaensis	Naididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Large long-nosed waterflea	Bosmina coregoni	Bosminidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Rope grass hydroid	Calyptospadix cerulea	Bougainvilliidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pacific redfin	Pseudaspius brandtii	Cyprinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Archesola typhlops	Archesola typhlops	Laophontidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Brephulopsis bidens	Brephulopsis bidens	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Brephulopsis cylindrica	Brephulopsis cylindrica	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Calanipeda aquaedulcis	Calanipeda aquaedulcis	Pseudodiaptomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Chondrula microtragus	Chondrula microtragus	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Clausocalanus arcuicornis	Clausocalanus arcuicornis	Clausocalanidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cornigerius bicornis	Cornigerius bicornis	Podonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Cornigerius lacustris	Cornigerius lacustris	Podonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Freshwater polyp	Craspedacusta sowerbii	Olindiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Darcythompsonia fairliensis	Darcythompsonia fairliensis	Darcythompsoniidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Deroceras caucasicum	Deroceras caucasicum	Agriolimacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Vine slug	Drusia ibera	Parmacellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Esperiana esperi	Esperiana esperi	Melanopsidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Eudiaptomus gracilis	Eudiaptomus gracilis	Diaptomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Eudiaptomus graciloides	Eudiaptomus graciloides	Diaptomidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Glycera capitata	Glycera capitata	Glyceridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Halectinosoma abrau	Halectinosoma abrau	Ectinosomatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Harmonia axyridis	Harmonia axyridis	Coccinellidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Helix albescens	Helix albescens	Helicidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hesionides arenaria	Hesionides arenaria	Microphthalmidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Heterocope appendiculata	Heterocope appendiculata	Temoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Heterocope caspia	Heterocope caspia	Temoridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Hypania invalida	Hypania invalida	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Hypaniola kowalewskii	Hypaniola kowalewskii	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Idyella pallidula	Idyella pallidula	Idyanthidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Jaera sarsi	Jaera sarsi	Janiridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Katamysis warpachowskyi	Katamysis warpachowskyi	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Laevicaspia lincta	Laevicaspia lincta	Hydrobiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ligophorus llewellyni	Ligophorus llewellyni	Ancyrocephalidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Ligophorus pilengas	Ligophorus pilengas	Ancyrocephalidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Limnocletodes behningi	Limnocletodes behningi	Cletodidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Limnomysis benedeni	Limnomysis benedeni	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Miyagi oyster	Magallana gigas	Ostreidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Mentissa gracilicosta	Mentissa gracilicosta	Not recorded	Not recorded	Introduced
Monacha fruticola	Monacha fruticola	Hygromiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Monodacna pontica	Monodacna pontica	Cardiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Nephtys ciliata	Nephtys ciliata	Nephtyidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oithona brevicornis	Oithona brevicornis	Oithonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oithona davisae	Oithona davisae	Oithonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oithona plumifera	Oithona plumifera	Oithonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oithona setigera	Oithona setigera	Oithonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Oligolimax annularis	Oligolimax annularis	Vitrinidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Onychocamptus mohammed	Onychocamptus mohammed	Laophontidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paraleptastacus spinicauda	Paraleptastacus spinicauda	Leptastacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paramphiascella vararensis	Paramphiascella vararensis	Miraciidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paramysis intermedia	Paramysis intermedia	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paramysis baeri	Paramysis baeri	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Paramysis lacustris	Paramysis lacustris	Mysidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Bamboo prawn	Penaeus japonicus	Penaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Phyllopodopsyllus bradyi	Phyllopodopsyllus bradyi	Tetragonicipitidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Haarder	Planiliza haematocheilus	Mugilidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Podonevadne trigona	Podonevadne trigona	Podonidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Proameira simplex	Proameira simplex	Ameiridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Psammoryctides deserticola	Psammoryctides deserticola	Naididae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pseudocuma cercarioides	Pseudocuma cercarioides	Pseudocumatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pterocuma pectinatum	Pterocuma pectinatum	Pseudocumatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Pterocuma rostratum	Pterocuma rostratum	Pseudocumatidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Waxy glass snail	Retinella nitidula	Gastrodontidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Robertgurneya ecaudata	Robertgurneya ecaudata	Miraciidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Robertgurneya rostrata	Robertgurneya rostrata	Miraciidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Saduria entomon	Saduria entomon	Chaetiliidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sarsamphiascus tenuiremis	Sarsamphiascus tenuiremis	Miraciidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Sigambra tentaculata	Sigambra tentaculata	Pilargidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Synurella ambulans	Synurella ambulans	Crangonyctidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tandonia kusceri	Tandonia kusceri	Milacidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Tiaropsis multicirrata	Tiaropsis multicirrata	Tiaropsidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Triconia minuta	Triconia minuta	Oncaeidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Urnatella gracilis	Urnatella gracilis	Barentsiidae	Not recorded	Introduced
Xeropicta derbentina	Xeropicta derbentina	Geomitridae	Not recorded	Introduced
Xeropicta krynickii	Xeropicta krynickii	Geomitridae	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.