Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 805 - INJURIOUS SPECIES
Section 805.20 - Listing of Injurious Species

a) Wild Mammals

*Flying fox or fruit bat of the genus Pteropus

*Mongoose or meerkat of the genera Atilax, Cynictis, Helogale, Heroestes

*Ichneumia, Munzos, and Suricata

*Any species of European rabbit of the genus Oryctolagus

*Any species of Indian wild dog, red dog, or dhole of the genus Cuon

*Any species of multimammate rat or mouse of the genus Mastomys

*Raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides

*Any Brushtail Possum, Trichosurus vulpecular

b) Wild Birds

*Pink starling or rosy pastor, Sturnus roseus

*Dioch, Quelea quelea, including its black-fronted, red-billed or Sudan subspecies

*Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora

*Red-whiskered bul-bul, Pycnonotus jocosus

*Eggs of wild nongame birds

c) Fish, Mollusks and Aquatic Invertebrates

*Walking catfish of the family Clariidae

*Dreissenid mussels, genus Dreissena, including but not limited to zebra and quagga mussels

*Mitten crabs of the genus Eriocheir

*Snakehead fishes of the genera Channa and Parachann (or their generic synonyms of Bostrychoides, Orphicephalus, Ophiocephalus, and Paraphiocephalis) of the family Channidae, including but not limited to:

Chel or Borna snakehead, Channa amphibeus

Northern or Amur snakehead, Channa argus

Chinese or Northern Green snakehead, Channa asiatica

Channa aurantimaculata

Bangka snakehead, Channa bankanensis

Baram snakehead, Channa baramensis

Barca or Tiger snakehead, Channa barca

Rainbow or Jewel snakehead, Channa bleheri

Bluespotted snakehead, Channa cyanospilos

Dwarf, Gaucha, or Frog snakehead, Channa gachua

Inle snakehead, Channa harcourtbutleri

Shiny or splendid snakehead, Channa Lucius

Blotched snakehead, Channa maculata

Bullseye, Murrel, Indian, Great, or Cobra snakehead, Channa marulius

Emperor snakehead, Channa maruloides

Channa melanoptera

Black snakehead, Channa melasoma

Giant, Red, or Redline snakehead, Channa micropeltes

Channa nox

Ceylon or Ceylonese Green snakehead, Channa orientalis

Channa panaw

Ocellated, Spotted, or Eyespot snakehead, Channa pleurophthalmus

Dotted or Spotted Snakehead, Channa punctata

Golden Snakehead, Channa stewartia

Chevron or Striped Snakehead, Channa striata

Niger or African Snakehead, Parachanna Africana

Congo, Square-spotted African, or Light African Snakehead, Parachanna insignis

Dark African, Dusky, or Square-spotted Snakehead, Parachanna obscura

*Crucian carp, Carassius carassius

*Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio

*Largescale silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys harmandi

*Silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

*Bighead carp, Hypophthalmichthys nobilis

*Black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus

*Eurasian minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus

River ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus

Round goby, Neogobius melanostomos

Tubenose goby, roterorhinus marmoratus

*Roach, Rutilus rutilus

*Nile perch, Lates niloticus

*Amur sleeper, Perccottus glenii

*European perch, Perca fluyiatilis

Rusty crayfish, Orconectes rusticus. Possession of living rusty crayfish is prohibited for all except the holders of an approved aquaculture permit with a letter of authorization to import/possess this species.

Rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus

Stone moroko, Pseudorasbora parva

Zander, Sander lucioperca

*Wels catfish, Silurus glanis

Killer Shrimp, Dikerogammarus villosus

Yabby, Cherax destructor

Asian Swamp eel, Monopterus albus

Tench, Tinca tinca

Golden mussel, Limnoperna fortune

Marmorkreb/marbled crayfish, Procambarus virginalis

New Zealand mud snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum

d) Plants

Mosquito fern, Azolla pinnata

Flowering rush, Butomus umbellatus

Caulerpa or Mediterranean killer algae, Caulerpa taxifolia

Brazilian elodea, Brazilian waterweed, Anacharis or Egeria, Egeria densa

Anchored water hyacinth, Eichhornia azurea

Hydrilla or water thyme, Hydrilla verticillata

European frogbit or common frogbit, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae

Miramar weed, Indiana swampweed or hygro, Hygrophilia polysperma

**Chinese water spinach or swamp morning-glory, Ipomoea aquatic

Yellow flag iris or tall yellow iris, Iris pseudacorus

Oxygen weed or African elodea, Lagarosiphon major

Asian marshweed or ambulia, Limnophila sessiliflora

Monochoria, arrowleaf, or false pickerelweed, Monochoria hastata

Heartshape or false pickerelweed, Monochoria vaginalis

Parrot feather or parrot feather watermilfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum)

Eurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum

Brittle naiad or brittle water nymph, Najas minor

Yellow floating heart, Nymphoides peltata

Duck lettuce, Ottelia alismoides

Curlyleaf pondweed, Potamogeton crispus

Arrowhead, Sagittaria sagittifolia

Giant salvinia, Salvinia auriculata

Giant salvinia, Salvinia biloba

Giant salvinia, Salvinia herzogii

Giant salvinia, Salvinia molesta

Exotic bur-reed, Sparganium erectum

Water chestnut, Trapa natans

Water soldier, Stratiotes aloides