The Department of Natural Resources of the US state of Georgia has announce that for the first fourth dimension a northern shellflower , a non - native species of Pisces that has already successfully overrun 14 other states , has been busted in Georgia amniotic fluid for the first prison term .
The northerly snakehead is a famously encroaching species in the US , a top piranha , and is particularly damaging to aboriginal specie because it can outcompete and outbreed them . It can produce up to over 3 base ( 1 m ) , and female person can lie up to 100,000 eggs in a year over multiple spawning events . But the most prominent characteristic is that it is a facultative air breather – it can respire both underwater and regular air – so it can subsist on land for several mean solar day , which may also contribute to its achiever .
Back in 2002 , it sparked a interior debate about how to apportion with non - aboriginal mintage taking over after the infamoussnakehead Pisces incident of Crofton , Maryland . After two pool were found overrun with six adults they were both liberally dowse with pesticides and all the fish ( and over 1,000 young ) were destroyed . This incident , in turn , go on to root on at least three fiend motion picture : Snakehead Terror , Frankenfish , andSwarm of the Snakehead , plus the NatGeo classic , Fishzilla : Snakehead Invasion .
It was first report in Georgia after two juvenile were notice in a pool settle on secret property in Gwinnett Country , not far from Atlanta . An angler reported the animals to the Wildlife Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources .
“ Our first line of defense reaction in the fight against aquatic invasive specie , such as the northern shellflower , are our angler fish , ” Matt Thomas , Chief of Fisheries for the Wildlife Resources Division , enunciate in astatement . “ Thanks to the quick report by an angler , our staff was able to inquire and confirm the presence of this species in this water supply body . We are now taking steps to determine if they have spread from this water system body and , hopefully , keep it from spreading to other Georgia water . ”
The command also asks people , peculiarly anglers , to learn to recognize the freshwater fish . And if you do play this incursive beastie , their advice is to " down it immediately ( think of , it can survive on res publica ) and suspend it . " Then make a note of where it was found and alarm the sureness . It is against the law to import , betray , transfer and own this species without a valid wild animal license .
Northern snakeheads are aboriginal to parts of Asia such as Russia , China , and the Korean Peninsula . The animal circulate to the United States through wildcat release and scientist have report the comportment of reproductive population in Florida , Hawaii , Virginia , and New York .
The fish prefers stagnant water like ponds and is mainly a fish - eater but it can also eat amphibians , crustacean , and other invertebrates .
[ H / T : Vice ]
