I just caught this fish — the highly invasive tiger oscar. What role should the government play in limiting the spread of invasive species?

>>510215087 (OP)
And what role can I play?

>>510215087 (OP)
what do they taste like?

>>510215127
Fuck it. Assert dominance.

>>510215087 (OP)
Filet that invader, deport him to your colon

>>510215087 (OP)
>>510215127
I kept one of these as a pet when I was a kid. His name was Raja. He was fucking smart and endearing. Lived a full life
I bet wild ones are annoying however

>>510215087 (OP)
How do you get invaded by fish?

>>510215087 (OP)
That's a perch with hyper-carotenoid syndome.

>>510215627
The coasts of Florida have a bunch of lionfish that are invasive too
They taste good I’ve heard

Fish:" Oh sorry i didnt know that. Please eat me i understand"

>>510215666
It looks like a cichlid, but not an Oscar. I had one as a pet a long ass time ago

>>510215127
send them to me, theyre fuckin expensive. you know about cichlids? they make really cool pets. they also work good for aquaponics because they live through absolute hell like it's nothing. i bet that nigga was still alive in that picture :DDD

>>510215752
it does look like an mbuna kindof now that you mention it

>>510215666
That is not an Oscar. Weird chilid though.

>>510215087 (OP)
Tiny feet

>>510215087 (OP)
>>510215127
Bro, if there's a harmful invasive species you kill it and you don't catch and release. It's encouraged we do that with snakeheads.

>>510215087 (OP)
This is a very rare hybrid it look like. There’s one Floridian who catch all kind of chilids and this one is so different.

>come in expecting to be the only anon into cichlids
>every anon knows cichlids
holy shit bros

>>510215952
Aquarium hobby. This one looks like it’s very rare hybrid.

>>510215087 (OP)
>you gonna eat that?

>>510216003
lol true.

>>510216003
It look a bit like peacock bass but no way.

>>510215087 (OP)
Let the free market decide and reduce government
>>510215127
Vote for free market principles and less government

>>510215582
Based fish caretaker

>>510216049
Stupid retards release their pet/water feature fish into creeks and lakes. I fish this one stretch of the creek near me that has an orange coy fish in it lol

>>510215087 (OP)
faggot cant even catch a fish bigger than his forearm, must go to the gym too

>>510215752
Oscars mouths are much bigger ans the color is lighter

>>510215087 (OP)
this is a tiger oscar
that looks like a convict hybrid
South American cichlids are fun fish to keep

>>510215952
wrong. if you catch a snakehead you sell it for a hefty fee in the black market pet trade.

>>510215518
This. Then eat it after, raw.

Bump

>>510216521
Aren't orange coy worth thousands of dollars

>>510217127
I've heard they could be worth a few hundred. I'm bass fishing though so I've never tried to catch it

>>510216521
True. I think this one is a hybrid. I wrote it down. Wajpamheros nourissati. Look at elongated mouth, stripes and the black spot near its tail. But the orange and green is from something different.

>>510216521
Or hurricanes flood the ponds and release them in canals. I had heard there’s a brackish nonnative on the loose too. It’s the tip of the iceberg.

>>510215087 (OP)
It seriously looks like a nigger.

>>510215087 (OP)
That’s a tilapia Bud. You new to fishing ?

>>510215087 (OP)
Looks a lot like a perch. A bit more coloful, and without the finn spikes, though.

>>510215952
Stop killing snakeheads nigger im in VA and I want to catch one so bad never have

>>510217544
I haven't caught one yet in PA :(
I want to.

>>510217591
They look fun as fuck to catch. We have bowfin here and I catch a bunch of those but snakeheads haven't made it far enough south for me yet.

>>510217401
Mayan chilid

>>510216521
Found it. Mayan chilid. Very common.

>>510216915
Mayan chilid.

>>510215958
C'mon, the poster is clearly white. White people can't be that rare on here

>>510215087 (OP)
>>510215127
Op here. Guessing my ID changed, but, from a quick search, this is in fact a Mayan cichlid. Ive been catching quite a few and they sure do put up a fight

>>510217688
I've heard there's a lot of snakeheads in the Delaware river canal. I've stopped fishing ponds and lakes a lot and pretty much only fish creeks now. Been doing that for a few years now and I love it.

>>510215087 (OP)
>>510215127
how does it taste?

>>510217831
Mayan chilid is very common invasive in Everglades and all over south and central Florida. Look it up.

>>510217851
the look like mini peacock bass sun fish lol

>>510215535
lol

>>510217851
>>510217851
This one is smaller than my first one

>>510217851
I think the fish was unusual bright which causes confusions. Had seen them in Everglades which darker back helps it escapes predators.

>>510215535
>>510217990
You'd find this funny too. I work in property management/landscaping and there's a big trend in my area on only planting native plants and management of invasive plants. And they're all liberals who do it and don't see the irony.

>>510217914
No idea. I’ll have to look into it and may consider harvesting them

>>510218101
It’s not ironic. They view Indians as the only native Americans

Mayaheros urophthalmus Mayan Cichlid

The Florida Museum has a good info post about them.

Unfortunately, it's an uphill battle with invasive species. New species will continue to be introduced as regulation attempts to keep up with the economy of the exotic pet trade

>>510218212
Of course it's ironic. They understand how forcing outside things on a well balanced ecosystem is wrong, but not when it comes to a nation.

>>510218085
>>510218116
Caught this gator today also

>>510218532
He was so angry

>>510218532
lol ha. I heard 4 different invasive gators are in Florida. South America Carmen is the biggest problem I heard.

>>510217851
What do you do with them

>>510218532
I love to wade creeks and I'm so glad the most dangerous thing in them where I am is probably turtles.

>>510218744
That one is an American alligator — native.

>>510218765
I let them go. These are from an HOA pond so they probably aren’t a problem

>>510219012
lol they almost always run away when they see people. Even the 12 footers don’t like avoid humans whenever possible

>>510219042
You should try for red tail catfishes, clown knife fishes and on. The bigger canals next to cities tend to have the most variety.

>>510215627
Its basically retards who buy fish for aquariums without doing any research. When they realize the fish gets too big or too aggressive for their 10 gallon spongebob shitbox, they dump the fish in a nearby lake or stream.

>>510219181
same with turtles, it's actually adorable when they do. they peak their head up, just chill, see you, then bolt lol

>>510219464
I see they upper it to 2 more saltwater species.

>>510219464
There was briefly green mussels then they died out. Food too. A eel species is on the loose.

>>510219717
There's an eel in your pond?

>>510215087 (OP)
Weaponize the Americans hunger for MORE CALORIES.
Incentivize them to hunt down all invasive species for the purpose of eating them, and if they don't like the taste, the government will subsidize them free McDonalds gift cards.

>>510219842
Ha nope. I lives in Minnesota but had winter breaks in Florida. Look up rainbow rock lizards. They are spreading very fast in Florida.

>>510219986
We should be eating more seafood and less red meat. Read meat is incredibly expensive and dirty to produce.

>>510220011
checked
i protec my green lizards by deporting brown invaders. also by having plenty of green stuff for them to climb on like food plants..

>>510215087 (OP)
pretty sure that is Cichlasoma urophthalma or related hybrid

>>510215452
Only important question ITT.

>>510215127
>>510215087 (OP)
Looks more like a juvenile hybrid tilapia.

>>510215087 (OP)
in arkansas they are paying $100 for each black carp you catch and turn in. in colorado when coyotes are over populated they have paid up to $50 per set of ears

OPs favourite fish to play with
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_dick

>>510215087 (OP)
even if I weren't a lvl 99 racist-maxed chud, I'd still be passionate about the scourge of invasive species. I want to remove them all.
I like watching lionfish hunts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1UNDS2x9eA

>>510215087 (OP)
at least its kinda pretty i guess unlike those freaks that walk on land snakeheads? i think theyre called idfk i live in pa with lantern fly niggers stink bug niggers and fucking trees that smell like hot diarrhea i cant remember what theyre called. all chink invasive shit
and then theres the CHINK LED fucking cancer blacking out the god damn night sky

>>510215087 (OP)
Government is a hoax.

When catching wild fish, you want to bring them home live, put them in your bath tub, and feed them table scraps until they get huge.

>>510222602
One time on a hike I stepped on a lizard I didn't see and he died. I still feel bad about it. I ended that creature's life.

>>510215087 (OP)
he looks edible like a tilapia or a crappie. Throw that lil nigga in some Andy's and drop him in the oil

>>510215752
Oscar is a type of cichlid.