The present study catalogues exotic and allochthonous fish species found in the three main freshwater river drainages of Rio Grande do Sul State using records scientific collections literature, discusses impacts caused by their introduction natural environments. Ten are area, i.e., Clarias gariepinus, Coptodon rendalli, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Cyprinus carpio, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, nobi...