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ANS Species List

Plants | Fish | Mollusks | Invertebrates | Pathogens

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department, with input from members of the Aquatic Invasive Species Committee, has created a listing of North Dakota aquatic nuisance species. The official list includes biota considered a threat to the state’s waters; these ANS have caused known irreversible ecologic and/or economic consequences elsewhere.

Negative impacts ANS may have on native North Dakota biota are likely given the following:

  1. North Dakota’s climate and habitats appear favorable to the ANS,
  2. the ANS has the potential to establish a viable population in North Dakota waters,
  3. the ANS is likely to spread within North Dakota waters if a pioneering population becomes established, and
  4. there are one or more existing populations of the ANS close to North Dakota and/or in a few instances, the ANS already occurs in the state.

The ANS list for North Dakota is inclusive to any hybrids or varieties of the species listed below.

The North Dakota ANS list will be reviewed annually and adjustments will be made as deemed necessary. Revisions may include the addition of federally prohibited species, the deletion of species which are no longer considered threats to North Dakota’s aquatic environments, or the addition of species which have become a greater concern regarding the potential to establish and become detrimental in North Dakota’s waters.

North Dakota ANS are classified for permitting purposes. The permitting system is based on the need to control movement into or within North Dakota and allows for traditional use of select aquatic species. See ANS Classification System and Associated Permitting for details of the permitting system.

* Denotes a species that has been documented in North Dakota within the past five years and thought to still be present.

** Denotes a species last documented in North Dakota more than five years ago and no longer thought to be present

Plants

ANS Plant Species

Common Name

Scientific Name

Class

Species Information    
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Brazilian elodea or Brazilian waterweedEgeria densa1Brazilian Elodea Species Information
Brittle naiad or brittle waternymphNajas minor1Brittle Naiad Species Information
* Curly leaf pondweedPotamogeton crispus2Curly leaf pondweed
* Eurasian watermilfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2Eurasian Milfoil
* Flowering rushButomus umbellatus2Flowering Rush
Didymo or rock snotDidymosphenia geminata1Didymo or rock snot
Starry stonewortNitellopsis obtuse1Starry Stonewort Species Information

Fish

ANS Fish Species

Common Name

Scientific Name

Class

Species Information    
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genera Channa and Parachanna (or their generic synonyms of Bostrychoides, Ophicephalus, Ophiocephalus, and Parophiocephalus) of the Family Channidae, including but not limited to:

Northern snakeheadChanna argus1Northern snakehead
Blotched snakeheadChanna maculata1Blotched snakehead
Bullseye snakeheadChanna marulius1bullseye-snakehead
Giant snakeheadChanna micropeltes1giant-snakehead
* Silver carpHypophthalmichthys molitrix3Silver carp
* Bighead carpHypophthalmichthys nobilis3Bighead carp
Black carpMylopharyngodon piceus1Black carp
* Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idella3Grass carp
* Common carpCyprinus carpio3Common carp
uropean ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1european-rud
Round gobyNeogobius melanostomus1Round goby
ubenose gobyProterorhinus semilunaris1tubenose-goby
Eurasian ruffeGymnocephalus cernuus1Eurasian Ruffe

Mollusks

(e.g. mussels, clams, snails)

ANS Mollusk Species

Common Name

Scientific Name

Class

Species Information    
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Chinese mysterysnailCipangopaludina chinensis1Chinese mysterysnail
Banded mystery snailViviparus georgianus1Banded mystery snail
Golden clamCorbicula fluminea1Asian clam
* Zebra musselDreissena polymorpha1Zebra mussel
Quagga musselDreissena bugensis1Quagga mussel<
New Zealand mudsnailPotamopyrgus antipodarum1New Zealand mudsnail
Faucet snailBithynia tentaculata1Faucet Snail

Invertebrates

(i.e. crayfish and zooplankton)

ANS Invertebrate Species

Type

Common Name

Scientific Name

Class

Species Information    
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CrayfishRed swamp crayfishProcambarus clarkia1Red swamp crayfish - By I, Duloup, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2255402
CrayfishRusty crayfishOrconectes rusticus1Rusty crayfish
AmphipodScudEchinogammarus ischnus1Scud Species Information
ZooplanktonFishhook waterfleaCercopagis pengoi1Fishhook water flea
ZooplanktonSpiny waterfleaBythotrephes cederstroemi1Spiny water flea

Pathogens

(i.e. viruses, bacteria, parasites)

ANS Pathogens

Type

Common Name

Scientific Name or Abbreviation

Class

VirusesInfectious Hematopoietic Necrosis VirusIHNV1
VirusesInfectious Pancreatic Necrosis VirusIPNV1
VirusesInfectious Salmon Anemia VirusISAV1
VirusesKoi Herpes VirusKHV1
VirusesChannel Catfish VirusCCV1
VirusesLargemouth Bass VirusLMBV1
VirusesViral Hemorrhagic Septicemia VirusVHSV1
VirusesWhite Sturgeon Herpes Virus – 2WSHV-21
BacteriaProliferative Kidney DiseasePKD1
BacteriaEnteric septicemia of catfishEdwardsiella ictaluri1
BacteriaBacterial Kidney DiseaseRenibacterium salmoninarum (BKD)1
BacteriaEnteric redmouth diseaseYersinia ruckeri1
ParasitesParasitesHeterosporis sp1
ParasitesAsian tapewormBothriocephalus opsarichthydis. Syn. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi and Bothriocephalus gowkengensis1

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