Siniperca chuatsi

Basic information
Scientific name	Siniperca chuatsi	(No picture)
Common names	Chinese perch, Mandarin fish
Higher taxon	Percichthyidae, Perciformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Continental China, Amur River System
Habitat	Lakes, ponds, and backwater of rivers.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Deliberate: Imported to Japan as pet animal in past. There was a plan of introduction for food. Accidental: Sometimes hitchhiking on release of fish seedlings.
Impact	Potentially: Predation on and competition with native species. In cases of accidental introduced to fish aquaculture farm, this species caused great damage. Native organism(s) affected: Fishes, crustaceans, etc.
Regulation in Japan	Import, transport and keeping are prohibited by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries	Taiwan

Reference	Notes
DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn) Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2011-1-06) http://www.fishbase.org/ JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn) etc.	Two congeners S. schenzeri and S. loona were imported as pet animal.