Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus

P. multiradiatus has been introduced to Taiwan, Puerto Rico, Florida, Hawaii, Texas, India, and Mexico, most likely as the result of escapes or releases from aquarium fish farms. This species is firmly established in these and other locations, where it is regarded as a harmful invasive species being relatively inedible to people and predators, causing damage to fishing gear, competing and harming against native species and disrupting environments by its burrowing activities. In this context its relative, Hypostomus plecostomus, has also been similarly implicated though it seems likely that in Asia, both or related species are implicated. ==See also==