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. 2020 Oct 14;10:17205. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74168-9

Table 3.

Fish species assessed with FISK v2 for ornamental fish species within Klang Valley, Malaysia. High-risk species were selected based on a threshold value of ≥ 17.

Species name Common name FISK score CF Invasiveness
Mean ± SE Mean ± SE
Clarias gariepinus North African Catfish 32.5 ± 3.5 0.825 ± 0.015 High
Cyprinus carpio Carp 32.0 ± 2.0 0.825 ± 0.035 High
Carassius auratus Goldfish 26.0 ± 2.0 0.825 ± 0.025 High
Pterygoplichthys pardalis Amazon sailfin catfish 26.0 ± 3.0 0.905 ± 0.025 High
Cichla ocellaris Peacock bass 25.0 ± 2.0 0.935 ± 0.025 High
Hypostomus plecostomus Suckermouth catfish 24.0 ± 1.0 0.830 ± 0.020 High
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus Vermiculated sailfin catfish 24.0 ± 1.0 0.935 ± 0.015 High
Astronotus ocellatus Oscar 21.0 ± 1.0 0.910 ± 0.020 High
Poecilia reticulata Guppy 19.0 ± 1.0 0.850 ± 0.030 High
Pangasianodon hypophthalmus Striped catfish 15.0 ± 1.0 0.855 ± 0.015 Medium
Barbonymus gonionotus Silver barb 15.0 ± 2.0 0.880 ± 0.000 Medium
Piaractus brachypomus Pirapitinga 14.5 ± 0.5 0.880 ± 0.010 Medium
Poecilia latipinna Molly 14.0 ± 1.0 0.890 ± 0.010 Medium
Betta splendens Siamese fighting fish 13.5 ± 0.5 0.845 ± 0.025 Medium
Danio rerio Zebrafish 13.0 ± 1.0 0.880 ± 0.010 Medium
Pethia conchonius Rosy barb 11.5 ± 1.5 0.865 ± 0.015 Medium
Trichogaster lalius Moonling gourami 10.0 ± 1.0 0.840 ± 0.040 Medium
Puntigrus tetrazona Sumatra barb 8.5 ± 2.5 0.890 ± 0.010 Medium
Pygocentrus nattereri Red piranha 8.0 ± 2.0 0.875 ± 0.035 Medium
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi Black tetra 8.0 ± 1.0 0.860 ± 0.020 Medium
Cichlid hybrid Flowerhorn 8.0 ± 1.0 0.830 ± 0.010 Medium
Arapaima gigas Arapaima 7.0 ± 2.0 0.935 ± 0.015 Medium
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus Redtail catfish 6.5 ± 1.5 0.795 ± 0.005 Medium