Table 2.

Outcome of Fish Invasiveness Screening Test for selected top alien fishes from ornamental pet stores within Klang Valley, Malaysia.

Species assessed	Invasiveness screening criteria								Invasion risk (%FD)
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Poecilia latipinna	+	+  +  +	+  +	+	+  +	+	+	+	Low (12.50)
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi	+	+  +  +	+	+	+	+	+	+	Low (12.50)
Danio rerio	+	+  +  +	+	+	+	+	+	+	Low (12.50)
Betta splendens	+	+  +  +	+	+	+	+	+	+	Low (12.50)
Trichogaster lalius	+	+  +  +	+	+	+	+	+	+	Low (12.50)
Pethia conchonius	+	+  +  +	+	+	+	+  +	+	+	Low (12.50)
Barbonymus gonionotus	+  +	+  +  +	+	+  +  +	+	+	+	+  +	Low (25.00)
Piaractus brachypomus	+  +  +	+	+	+	+  +  +	+  +	+	+  +	Low (25.00)
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus	+  +  +	+  +  +	+	+	+	+  +  +	+	+  +	Medium (37.50)
Pterygoplichthys pardalis	+  +	+	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+	+  +  +	Medium (37.50)
Pygocentrus nattereri	+  +	+	+  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+	+  +  +	Medium (37.50)
Puntigrus tetrazona	+	+  +  +	+	+  +	+	+  +	+	+  +  +	Medium (37.50)
Astronotus ocellatus	+  +	+  +  +	+	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+	+  +  +	Medium (50.00)
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus	+  +  +	+	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+	+  +  +	Medium (50.00)
Arapaima gigas	+  +  +	+	+	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +	+  +  +	Medium (50.00)
Cichla ocellaris	+  +  +	+	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +	Medium (50.00)
Poecilia reticulata	+	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +	+  +  +	High (62.50)
Cichlid hybrid (flowerhorn)	+  +  +	+  +  +	+	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +	+  +  +	High (62.50)
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus	+  +  +	+  +  +	+	+	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +	High (62.50)
Hypostomus plecostomus	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +	+  +	+  +  +	High (62.50)
Cyprinus carpio	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +	+  +  +	High (75.00)
Carassius auratus	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	High (87.50)
Clarias gariepinus	+  +  +	+  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	+  +  +	High (87.50)

% FD = frequency distribution (%) for (+ + +) score, low-risk =  < 30%, moderate-risk = 30 to 50%, high-risk =  > 50.1%

1: Maximum adult length (cm), 2: Occurrence frequency, 3: History of establishment, 4: Breeding in the wild, 5: Competition with native species, 6: Diet plasticity, 7: Temperature tolerance, 8: Low dissolved oxygen tolerance.