The invasive fish that helps fight fish invasion

Lagocephalus_sceleratus

Silver-cheeked toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus) is a Lessepsian invade that came from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. New research found that the silver-cheeked toadfish’s present in the Mediterranean Sea helps keep other invaders out, while endemic fish numbers did not change due to its presence.

 

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