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The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012

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PART 2Types 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)

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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
Blacknose daceRhinichthys atratulus
BlageonLeuciscus 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 sucker (also known as Zebra hi fin, banded shark/sucker)Myxocyprinus asiaticus
Coho salmonOncorhynchus kisutch
Common white suckerCatostomus commersoni
CoypuMyocastor coypus
Crayfishfreshwater decapod crustacean of the Families Astacidae, Cambaridae or Parastacidae, (excluding Austropotamobius pallipes)
Danubian bleakChalcalburnus chalcoides
Danubian salmon & Taimenspecies of the genus Hucho
Eastern mudminnowUmbra pygmaea
European bitterlingRhodeus sericeus
European mudminnowUmbra krameri
Fathead minnow (or Roseyreds)Pimephales promelas
Freshwater minnow, Dragon fish or Pale chubZacco platypus
Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idella
Grey squirrelSciurus carolinensis
Landlocked salmonnon anadromous varieties of the species Salmo salar
Marbled troutSalmo marmoratus
MinkMustela vison
MuntjacSpecies of genus Muntiacus
MuskratOndatra zibethica
NaseChondrostoma nasus
Northern redbelly dace (common minnow)Phoxinus/Chrosomus eos
Pacific salmon and troutspecies of the genus Oncorhynchus (excluding Oncorhynchus mykiss and Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Paddlefishspecies of the genera Polyodon and Psephurus
Perchspecies of the genus Perca (excluding Perca fluviatilis)
Pikespecies of the genus Esox (excluding Esox lucius)
Pikeperchspecies of the genus Stizostedionlucioperca
Rabbit (excluding European rabbit)Species of the genara Bunolagus, Brachylagus, Nesolagus, Pentalagus, Poelagus, Romerolagus and Sylvilagus
Red shinerCyprinella/Notropis lutrensis
RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus
SchneiderAlburnoides bipunctatus
Silver carpHypophthalmichthys molitrix
Snakeheadspecies of the genus Channa
Southern redbelly dace (common minnow)Phoxinus/Chrosomus 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)Chondrostoma toxostoma
VimbaVimba vimba
WeatherfishMisgurnus fossilis
Whitefishspecies of the genus Coregonus (excluding Coregonus lavaretus and Coregonus albula)

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