Restricted species
Categories and taxa that Menagerie blocks or routes for review under federal rules and marketplace policy.
This content is platform guidance only and is not legal advice. Buyers and sellers are responsible for confirming applicable federal, state, local, and carrier requirements.
Federally injurious fish
Listings matching federal injurious-wildlife fish taxa are blocked from normal sale and shipment. Matching works at the family, genus, or species level, so common aquarium names and scientific names are both checked.
- Carps including bighead, black, silver, largescale silver, crucian, and Prussian carp.
- Snakeheads (family Channidae) and walking catfishes (family Clariidae).
- Wels catfish, Nile perch, European perch, zander, roach, stone moroko, Eurasian minnow, and Amur sleeper.
- Salmonids (family Salmonidae) require compliance review due to fish pathogen provisions.
Federally injurious aquatic invertebrates
These mollusks and crustaceans are blocked from normal sale and shipment.
- Mitten crabs (genus Eriocheir).
- Zebra mussel and quagga mussel.
- Common yabby (Cherax destructor).
Federal noxious aquatic plants
Known federal noxious aquatic weeds are blocked. A scientific name is required before an aquatic plant listing can publish, and unknown plants may require review.
- Hydrilla, giant salvinia and related Salvinia species, water spinach, and Caulerpa (Mediterranean strain).
- Hygrophila polysperma, Limnophila sessiliflora, Azolla pinnata, and others on the federal list.
Why a listing may be blocked or flagged
This is a starter set of federal rules and marketplace policy. It is not a complete legal database. State and local restrictions still apply and must be confirmed by the buyer and seller.