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Move over iguanas. There's a new invasive species moving into Florida, the Asian swamp eel
Scientists said they suspect the swamp eel may have escaped from a tropical fish farm or have been a pet released from an aquarium. The species, they believe, is already firmly established in ...
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1-foot sea creature with ‘sharp’ teeth found lurking in crevices. It’s a new species
The project began in 1999 but didn’t hit a breakthrough until 2018 when co-author James Dandar got a live eel from Sri Lanka through the aquarium trade. Researchers kept the live eel in an ...
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Richard Collins: Identification of new moray species is the eel deal
The Hades' Snake Eel was found in the Philippines. But the oceans are warming relentlessly... fish from sub-tropical seas are visiting our shores. In 1997, a 1.12m long Mediterranean moray eel was ...