The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has removed the requirement for an import permit for aquatic animal species susceptible to epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS).
The following table lists species that are susceptible to EUS. For a complete list of species that require import permits, see the Susceptible Species of Aquatic Animals table.
Please note that EUS is an immediately notifiable disease. This means that laboratories must notify the CFIA of any suspected or confirmed cases.
Taxonomic Name | Common name |
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Acanthopagrus australis | surf bream |
Acanthopagrus berda | goldsilk seabream |
Alosa sapidissima | American shad |
Ambassis agassizii | agassiz's olive glassfish |
Amniataba percoides | barred grunter |
Anabas testudineus | climbing perch |
Archosargus probatocephalus | sheepshead |
Aseraggodes macleayanus | narrowbanded sole |
Bairdiella chrysoura | silver perch |
Barbonymus gonionotus | java barab; silver barb |
Barbus paludinosus | straightfin barb |
Barbus poechii | dashtail barb |
Barbus thamalakanensis | thamalakane barb |
Barbus unitaeniatus | slender barb |
Brevoortia tyrannus | Atlantic menhaden |
Brycinus lateralis | stripped robber |
Channa striata | striped snakehead |
Cirrhinus mrigala | mrigal carp |
Clarias batrachus | Philippine catfish |
Clarias gariepinus | North African catfish |
Clarias ngamensis | blunt-toothed African catfish |
Colisa lalia | dwarf gourami |
Fundulus heteroclitus | mummichog |
Fundulus majalis | striped killifish |
Gibelion catla | catla |
Glossamia aprion | mouth almighty |
Glossogobius giuris | tank goby |
Hepsetus odoe | kafue pike |
Hydrocynus vittatus | tiger fish |
Kurtus gulliveri | nurseryfish |
Labeo cylindricus | redeye labeo |
Labeo lunatus | upper zambezi labeo |
Labeo rohita | rohu labeo |
Leiopotherapon unicolor | spangled perch |
Lutjanus argentimaculatus | mangrove red snapper |
Marcusenius macrolepidotus | bulldog |
Melanotaenia splendida | eastern rainbow fish |
Micralestes acutidens | sharptooth tetra |
Monopterus albus | Asian swamp eel |
Mugil cephalus | flathead grey mullet |
Mugil curema | white mullet |
Nematalosa erebi | Australian river gizzard shad |
Oreochromis andersonii | three spotted tilapia |
Oreochromis macrochir | longfin tilapia |
Oreochromis niloticus | Nile tilapia |
Osphronemus gouramy | giant gourami |
Oxyeleotris lineolata | sleepy cod |
Oxyeleotris marmorata | marble goby |
Petrocephalus catostoma | churchill |
Platycephalus fuscus | dusky flathead |
Pogonias cromis | black drum |
Puntius sophore | pool barb |
Rhodeus ocellatus | rosy bitterling |
Sargochromis codringtonii | green happy |
Sargochromis giardi | pink happy |
Scardinius erythrophthalmus | rudd |
Scatophagus argus | spotted scat |
Schilbe intermedius | silver catfish |
Schilbe mystus | African butter catfish |
Scleropages jardini | Australian bonytongue |
Scortum barcoo | barcoo grunter |
Selenotoca multifasciata | spotbanded scat |
Serranochromis angusticeps | thinface cichlid |
Serranochromis carlottae | rainbow happy |
Serranochromis robustus | yellow-belly bream |
Sillago ciliata | sand sillago |
Strongylura krefftii | long tom |
Tilapia rendalli | redbreast tilapia |
Tilapia sparrmanii | banded tilapia |
Toxotes chatareus | spotted archerfish |
Toxotes lorentzi | primitive archerfish |
Trichogaster pectoralis | snakeskin gourami |
Trichogaster trichopterus | three spot gourami |
Tridentiger obscurus | dusky tripletooth goby |