Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Subtitle 6 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chapter 71P - LIST OF PROHIBITED ANIMALS
SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
INVERTEBRATES | |
PHYLUM Annelida | |
CLASS Polychaeta | |
ORDER Phyllodocida | |
FAMILY Glyceridae | |
Glycera americana | bloodworm |
PHYLUM Arthropoda | |
CLASS Crustacea | |
ORDER Decapoda | |
FAMILY Coenobitidae | |
Coenobita clypeatus | crab, land hermit |
FAMILY Potamidae | |
Potamidae (all species in family) | crabs, freshwater |
CLASS Insecta | |
ORDER Hymenoptera | |
FAMILY Apidae | |
Apis mellifera | bee, honey (alive or dead) |
ORDER Lepidoptera | |
FAMILY Tortricidae | |
Cydia deshaisiana | moth, Mexican jumping bean |
PHYLUM Cnidaria | |
CLASS Cubozoa | |
ORDER Cubomedusae | |
FAMILY Chirodropidae | |
Chirodropidae (all species in family) | jellyfishes |
PHYLUM Mollusca | |
CLASS Bivalvia | |
ORDER Veneroida | |
FAMILY Corbiculidae | |
Corbicula fluminea | clam, freshwater (shijimi) |
CLASS Cephalopoda | |
ORDER Octopoda | |
FAMILY Octopobidae | |
Octopus maculosus | octopus, Australian |
Octopus maya | octopus |
AMPHIBIANS | |
PHYLUM Chordata | |
CLASS Amphibia | |
ORDER Caudata | |
FAMILY Amphiumidae | |
Amphiuma (all species in genus) | salamanders |
FAMILY Proteidae | |
Necturus (all species in genus) | salamanders |
FAMILY Sirenidae | |
Pseudobranchus striatus | salamander, dwarf |
Siren intermedia | siren, lesser |
Siren lacertina | siren, greater |
ORDER Salientia (Anura) | |
FAMILY Dendrobatidae Phyllobates (all species in genus) | frogs |
FAMILY Hylidae | |
Hyla septentrionalis | treefrog, Cuban |
FAMILY Pipidae Pipidae (all in family, except the following species for research and exhibition by government agencies: Pipa pipa (toad, surinam) and Xenopus laevis (frog, African clawed)
SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
REPTILES | |
CLASS Reptilia | |
ORDER Squamata | |
Serpentes (all species in suborder, except for two male nonvenomous snakes for exhibition in a government zoo, and for four sterile male brown tree snakes, Boiga irregularis, for research or training of snake detector dogs by the department) | snakes |
FAMILY Helodermatidae | |
Heloderma sp. | gila monster |
FISHE | S |
CLASS Chonodrichthyes | |
ORDER Carcharhiniformes | |
FAMILY Carcharhinidae | |
Carcharhinus nicaraguensis | shark, Nicaraguan freshwater |
ORDER Myliobatiformes | |
FAMILY Dasyatidae | |
Dasyatidae (all species in family) | stingrays, freshwater |
ORDER Orectolobiformes | |
FAMILY Orectolobidae | |
Orectolobus maculatus | shark, spotted carpet; (shark, wobbegong) |
Orectolobus ornatus | shark, banded carpet |
ORDER Petromyzoniformes | |
FAMILY Petromyzonidae | |
Petromyzonidae (all species in family) | lampreys |
CLASS Osteichthyes | |
ORDER Amiiformes | |
FAMILY Amiidae | |
Amiidae (all species in family) | bowfins; dogfishes; mudfishes |
ORDER Anguilliformes | |
Anguilliformes (all species in order) | eels |
ORDER Atheriniformes | |
FAMILY Atherinidae | |
Atherinomorus stipes | silversides, hardhead |
FAMILY Belonidae | |
Belonidae (all species in family) | needlefishes |
FAMILY Hemirhamphidae | |
Hemirhamphidae (all species in family, except Dermogenys pusillus and Nomorhamphus celebensis) | halfbeaks |
FAMILY Poeciliidae | |
Belonesox belizanus | top minnow, pike |
ORDER Cypriniformes | |
FAMILY Characidae | |
Acestrorhynchus (all species in genus) | cachorros |
Catoprion (all species in genus) | piranha |
Hydrolycus (all species in genus) | characins |
Pygocentrus (all species in genus) | piranha |
Serrasalminae (all species in subfamily except the species in the following genera: Colossoma, pacu; Metynnis, silver dollar; Myleus, silver dollar; Myloplus, myloplus; and Mylossoma, pacu) | piranha |
Serrasalmo (all species in genus) | piranha |
Serrasalmus (all species in genus) | piranha |
FAMILY Gymnotidae | |
Electrophorus electricus | eel, electric |
ORDER Myctophiformes | |
FAMILY Synodontidae | |
Synodus (all species in genus) | lizard fishes |
ORDER Osteoglossiformes | |
FAMILY Osteoglossidae | |
Arapaima gigas | pirarucu |
ORDER Perciformes | |
FAMILY Channidae | |
Channidae; (Ophiocephaloidae) (all species in family, except Ophiocephalus striatus) | snake heads |
FAMILY Cichlidae | |
Batrachops (all species in genus) | cichlid, pike |
Crenicichla (all species in genus) | cichlid, pike |
FAMILY Eleotrididae | |
Dormitator maculatus | sleeper, spotted |
Eleotris (all species in genus) | sleepers |
Mogurnda mogurnda | gudgeon, purple striped |
FAMILY Sciaenidae | |
Pogonias cromis | drum, black |
Sciaenops ocellatus | drum, red |
FAMILY Sparidae | |
Pagrus major | bream, red sea |
ORDER Polypteriformes | |
FAMILY Polypteridae | |
Polypteridae (all species in family) | fishes, bichir |
ORDER Scorpaeniformes | |
FAMILY Scorpaenidae | |
Amblyapistus taenianotus | rouge fish |
Dendrochirus zebra | lion fish, zebra |
Inimicus didactylum | sea goblin, popeyed |
Paracentropogon longispinis | scorpion fish, wispy |
Pterois (all species in genus) | lion fishes |
Scorpaena (all species in genus) | scorpion fishes |
Scorpaenodes (all species in genus) | scorpion fishes |
Synanceia horrida | stone fish |
Synanceia verrucosa | stone fish |
Taenianotus triacanthus | leaf fish, sailfin |
ORDER Semionotiformes | |
FAMILY Lepisosteidae | |
Lepisosteidae (all species in family) | garpikes |
ORDER Siluriformes | |
FAMILY Ariidae | |
Ariidae (all species in family) | catfishes, ariid |
FAMILY Bagridae | |
Bagrichthys hypselopterus | catfish, black lancer |
Clarotes (all species in genus) | catfishes, clarotes |
FAMILY Clariidae | |
Clariidae (all species in family, except Clarias fuscus) | catfishes |
FAMILY Doradidae | |
Doradidae (all species in family) | catfishes, doradid |
FAMILY Malapteruridae | |
Malapterurus electricus | catfish, electric |
FAMILY Pimelodidae | |
Phractocephalus hemiliopterus | catfish, redtailed |
Pseudopimelodus transmontanus | catfish, Peruvian mottled |
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum | catfish, tiger shovelnose |
FAMILY Plotosidae | |
Plotosidae (all species in family) | eels, catfish |
FAMILY Siluridae | |
Wallago attu | catfish, helicopter |
FAMILY Trichomycteridae | |
Vandellia cirrhosa | candiru |
ORDER Synbranchiformes | |
FAMILY Synbranchidae | |
Synbranchus afer | moray, freshwater |
Synbranchus marmoratus | moray, freshwater |
BIRDS | |
(Taxonomy after Sibley and Monroe 1990) | |
CLASS Aves | |
ORDER Apodiformes | |
FAMILY Trochilidae | |
Trochilidae (all species in family, except sexually dimorphic males for exhibition in government zoos only) | hummingbirds |
ORDER Columbiformes | |
FAMILY Columbidae | |
Alectroenas (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
Cryptophaps (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
Drepanopila (all species in genus) | doves, fruit |
Gymnophaps (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
Hemiphaga (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
Lopholaimus (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
Phapitreron (all species in genus) | doves, fruit brown |
Sphenurus (all species in genus) | pigeons, fruit |
Treron (all species in genus) | pigeons, green fruit |
ORDER Galliformes | |
FAMILY Cracidae | |
Crax alector | curassow, crested |
Crax rubra | curassow, greater (Mexican) |
FAMILY Tetraonidae | |
Bonasa umbellus umbellus | grouse, ruffed |
ORDER Passeriformes | |
FAMILY Coerebidae | |
Coerebidae (all species in family) | honeycreepers |
FAMILY Corvidae | |
Corvus brachyrhynchos | crow, common |
Corvus cornix | crow, hooded |
Corvus corone | crow, carrion |
Corvus frugilegus | crow, rook |
Pica (all species in genus) | magpies |
FAMILY Dicaeidae | |
Dicaeum (all species in genus) | flowerpeckers |
FAMILY Emberizidae | |
Emberiza citrinella | bunting, yellow (yellow hammer) |
FAMILY Estrildidae | |
Aegintha temporalis | finch, Sydney waxbill (redbrowed) |
Chloropsis hardwickii | chloropsis, Hardwick's (orangebellied) |
Estrilda subflava subflava (Females only) | finch, goldbreasted (orangebreasted) |
Lagonosticta rara | finch (waxbill), blackbellied fire |
Lonchura castaneothorax | finch, chestnut breasted |
Lonchura striata | mannikin, striated; (munia, white back) |
Mandingoa nitidula | finch, greenbacked twinspot |
Padda oryzivora | sparrow, Java (white and gray) |
Poephila cincta cincta | finch, parson blackthroated |
Poephila personata | finch, masked |
Spermophaga haematina | finch, bluebill |
Steganopleura guttata | finch, diamond; (sparrow, diamond) |
FAMILY Fringillidae | |
Cardinalis phoeniceus | cardinal, vermilion |
Carduelis chloris | greenfinch European |
Fringilla coelebs | chaffinch |
Pyrenestes sanguineus | finch, seedcracker (crimson) |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula (=europosa) | bullfinch, common |
Sporophila torqueola | finch, whitecollared seedeater |
Zonaeginthus bellus | finch, firetail |
FAMILY Ibididae | |
Hesperiphona (all species in genus) | sugarbirds |
FAMILY Icteridae | |
Turdus merula | black bird, European |
Turdus viscivorus | thrush, mistle |
FAMILY Meliphagidae | |
Meliphagidae (all species in family) | honeyeaters |
FAMILY Nectariniidae | |
Nectariniidae (all species in family) | sunbirds |
FAMILY Oriolidae | |
Gymnomystax melanicterus | oriole, northern South American |
FAMILY Ploceidae | |
Foudia madagascariensis | weaver, Madagascar fody |
Passer domesticus | sparrow, house |
Ploceus philippinus | weaver baya |
FAMILY Pycnonotidae | |
Pycnonotus (all species in genus) | bulbuls |
Hysipetes (all species in genus) | bulbuls |
FAMILY Sturnidae | |
Acridotheres (all species in genus) | mynas |
Gracupica nigricollis | myna, blacknecked (blackheaded) |
Sturnus (all species in genus, except the following one species for exhibition in government zoos only: Sturnus nigricollis (starling, black collared) | starlings |
FAMILY Thraupidae | |
Thraupidae (all species in family, except males only of the following three species for exhibition in government zoos only: Piranga olivacea (tanager, scarlet); Ramphocelus dimidiatus (tanager, | tanagers |
crimson-backed); Thraupis episcopus (tanager, blue-grey)) | |
FAMILY Zosteropidae | |
Zosterops erythropleura | white eye, chestnutflanked |
ORDER Piciformes
FAMILY Rhamphastidae
Rhamphastidae (all in family, except the following nine species for exhibition in government zoos only: Pteroglossus beauharnaesii (aracari, curlcrested); Rhamphastos ambiguus swainsonii (toucan, bicolor); Ramphastos toco cuvieri (toucan, Cuvier's); Ramphastos discolorus (toucan, redbreasted); Ramphastos sulfuratus sulfuratus (toucan, sulfurbreasted); Ramphastos toco toco (toucan, toco); Ramphastos vitellinus ariel (toucan, ariel); Ramphastos vitellinus vitellinus (toucan, sulphur and white breasted); and Selenider maculirostris (toucanet, spot-billed)
ORDER Psittaciformes
FAMILY Loriidae
Loriidae (all in family, except the following nine species for exhibition in government zoos only: Chalcopsitta sintillata (lory, streaked); Eos bornea (lory, red); Eos squamata (lory, velvetnecked); Charmosyna papou golinthina (lory, Stella's); Lorius lory (lory, blackcapped); Trichoglossus haematodus (lory, rainbow); Trichoglossus johnstoniae (lorikeet, Johnstone's); Trichoglossus ribiginosus (lory, Ponape); and Vini peruviana (lory, Tahitian))
FAMILY Psittacidae | |
Aratinga nana astec | parrot, Aztec dwarf; (conure, Aztec) |
Bolbopsittacus lunulatus | parakeet, guaiabero |
Brotogeris chrysopterus | parakeet, goldenwinged |
Brotogeris pyrrhopterus | parakeet, greycheeked |
Brotogeris sanctithomae | parrot, bee bee; (Tui) |
Brotogeris versicolorus | parakeet, canarywinged |
Forpus (all species in genus) | parrolets; (dwarf, parrot) |
Loriculus (all in genus, except the following two species for exihibition in government zoos only: Loriculus galgulus (parrot, bluecrowned); and Loriculus philippensis (parrot, Philippine hanging))
Micropsitta (all species in genus) | parrots, pygmy; (dwarf, parrot) |
Myiopsitta monachus | parakeet, monk (quaker) |
Opopsitta (all species in genus) | parrots, fig |
SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
Pionites leucogaster | caique, whitebellied |
Pionites melanocephala | caique, blackheaded |
MAMMAL | S |
PHYLUM Chordata (crosses with prohibited species) | animals, hybrid; (all hybrid-crosses where one or both parents are prohibited) |
Canis familiaris crossed with wolf, coyote, dingo, jackal, fox, dhole, African wild dog, racoon dog, bush dog, etc. | dog, hybrid; (all hybrid-crosses where one or both parents are prohibited or restricted) |
Felis catus crossed with lynx, ocelot, margay, puma, jaguarandi, bobcat, leopard cat, wild cat, etc. | cat, hybrid; (all hybrid-crosses where one or both parents are prohibited or restricted) |
CLASS Mammalia | |
ORDER Chiroptera | |
Chiroptera (all species in order) | bats |
FAMILY Pteropodidae | |
Pteropus (all species in genus) | foxes, flying |
ORDER Lagomorpha | |
FAMILY Leporidae | |
Lepus (all species in genus) | hares, wild |
ORDER Rodentia
FAMILY Cricetidae Cricetidae (all in family, except the following five species for research by government agencies only: Cricetulus griseus (mouse, Chinese); Gerbillus gerbillus (gerbil); Mesocricetus auratus (hamster); Meriones unguiculatus (gerbil); and Sigmondon hispidus (rat, cotton))
SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME |
FAMILY Erethizontidae | |
Chaetomys subspinosus | porcupine, thin-spined |
Coendou (all species in genus) | porcupines, prehensile-tailed |
Echinoprocta rufescens | porcupine |
FAMILY Hystricidae | |
Atherurus (all species in genus) | porcupines, brush-tailed |
Hystrix (all in genus, except follow government zoos only: Hystrix cristata crested)) | ing species for exhibition in (porcupine, African |
Thecurus (all species in genus) | porcupines |
Trichys (all species in genus) | porcupines, long-tailed |
FAMILY Sciuridae Sciuridae (all in family, except the following two species for exhibition in government zoos only: Callosciurus prevosti (squirrel, prevost's) and Sciurus variegatoides (squirrel, variegated) and except all species in the genus Marmota for research in government universities only)