CODE OF VIRGINIA INTRODUCTION OF SNAKEHEAD FISH OR ZEBRA MUSSEL; PENALTY (§ 18.2-313.2) Any person who knowingly introduces into the Commonwealth any snakehead fish of the family Channidae, or knowingly places or causes to be placed into state waters any zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) or the larvae thereof, without a permit from the Director of Game and Inland Fisheries issued pursuant to § 29.1-575 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. HISTORY: 2005, c. 916.