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Part 2 Types of invasive animals specified for the purposes of section 14ZC(1)(a) of the 1981 Act (types of animal which it is an offence for a person to keep, have in their possession or have under their control)F1

Common name

Column (1)

Scientific name

Column (2)

F2American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus
Asian hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax
AspAspius aspius
Barbelspecies of the genus Barbus (excluding Barbus barbus)
Bass (excluding sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax) Micropterus salmoides; Micropterus dolomieu; Ambloplites rupestris; and species of the genus Morone
Bighead carpHypophthalmichthys nobilis
BitterlingRhodeus sericeus/Rhodeus amarus
Blacknose daceRhinichthys atratulus
BlageonTelestes souffia
Blue breamBallerus ballerus
Blue suckerCycleptus elongatus
BurbotLota lota
Catfishspecies of the genera Ictalurus, Ameiurus and Silurus
Charrspecies of the genus Salvelinus (excluding Salvelinus alpinus)
Chinese black or snail-eating carpMylopharyngodon piceus
Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis
Chinese sucker (also known as Zebra hi fin, banded shark/sucker)Myxocyprinus asiaticus
Common white suckerCatostomus commersonii
CoypuMyocastor coypus
Crayfishfreshwater decapod crustacean of the Families Astacidae, Cambaridae or Parastacidae, (excluding Austropotamobius pallipes)
Danubian bleakAlburnus chalcoides
Danubian salmon & Taimenspecies of the genus Hucho
Eastern mudminnowUmbra pygmaea
Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
European mudminnowUmbra krameri
Fathead minnow (or Roseyreds)Pimephales promelas
Fox squirrel Sciurus niger
Freshwater minnow, Dragon fish or Pale chubZacco platypus
Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idella
Grey squirrelSciurus carolinensis
Indian house crow Corvus splendens
Landlocked salmonnon anadromous varieties of the species Salmo salar
Marbled troutSalmo marmoratus
MinkMustela vison
MuntjacSpecies of genus Muntiacus
MuskratOndatra zibethica
NaseChondrostoma nasus
Northern redbelly daceChrosomus eos
Pacific salmon and troutspecies of the genus Oncorhynchus (excluding Oncorhynchus mykiss
Paddlefishspecies of the genera Polyodon and Psephurus
Pallas’ squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus
Perchspecies of the genus Perca (excluding Perca fluviatilis)
Pikespecies of the genus Esox (excluding Esox lucius)
PikeperchSanderlucioperca
Rabbit (excluding European rabbit)species of the genera Bunolagus, Brachylagus, Nesolagus, Pentalagus, Poelagus, Romerolagus and Sylvilagus
Raccoon Procyon lotor
Raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides
Red shinerCyprinella lutrensis
Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis
RuffeGymnocephalus cernua
Sacred ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
SchneiderAlburnoides bipunctatus
Siberian chipmunk Tamias sibiricus
Silver carpHypophthalmichthys molitrix
Snakeheadspecies of the genus Channa
Southern redbelly daceChrosomus erythrogaster
Sturgeon or sterletspecies of the genera Acipenser, Huso, Pseudoscaphirhynchus and Scaphirhynchus
Sunbleak (Sundace), also known as Belica or Motherless minnowLeucaspius delineatus
Sunfish, including pumpkinseed (also Basses, Crappies & Bluegills)species of the genus Lepomis
Topmouth gudgeonPseudorasbora parva
Toxostome (or French nase)Parachondrostoma toxostoma
VimbaVimba vimba
WeatherfishMisgurnus fossilis
Whitefishspecies of the genus Coregonus (excluding Coregonus lavaretus and Coregonus albula)

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 Pts. 1, 2 substituted (2.7.2012) by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/206), arts. 1(1), 2(3), sch.

F2

Words in sch. 1 Pt. 2 inserted (1.4.2019) by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/37), arts. 1(1), 2(3)