Quagga mussel
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The quagga mussel is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Dreissenidae. It has a lifespan of 3 to 5 years. It has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of the othe
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Quagga mussels in Lake Michigan sediment sample
Redear sunfish
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The redear sunfish, also known as the shellcracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, stumpknocker, and sun perch, is a freshwater fish in the family Centrarchidae and is native to the southeast
Quagga mussel
…it was unlikely the perch could be used intensively as the feeding process introduced contaminants into the food chain, notably Clostridium botulinum. Redear sunfish, a specialised mollusc-eating fish, are now being stocked in the Colorado River drainage as a defense against the quagga mussels. As with the yellow…
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Male redear sunfish guarding eggs
Illustration of the redear sunfish, Lepomis microlophus