northern snakehead

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northern snakehead - a voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China; can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days; a threat to American populations of fish

fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"

Channidae, class Channidae - snakeheads

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Channidae class Channidae Fish			In the summer of 2002, I was asked by the Smithsonian Institution Press to write a book on the discovery and supposed eradication of the northern snakehead fish, which had been found reproducing in a Maryland pond, just a short drive from the nation's capital. Zebra mussels are muscling in by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) Another invader is the northern snakehead, a fish that can be 3 feet long and weigh 15 pounds or more. Problem pets: released into the wild, these animals can harm the ... by Carney, Elizabeth / Junior Scholastic The Northern snakehead fish is a little different from the 388 animal species currently listed as endangered: Federal guidelines say the invasive Asian species is a major threat to native wildlife, and the Virginia state government asks anglers who find one to "kill it humanely with a blow to the head. Save the Frankenfish! Is the snakehead endangered? by Howley, Kerry / Reason			northern lights Northern lobster northern mammoth Northern Mariana Islands Northern Marianas Northern muscadine northern node northern oak fern northern oriole Northern Paiute northern parula northern phalarope northern pike northern pin oak northern pitch pine northern pocket gopher northern porgy Northern prickly ash Northern Province northern red oak Northern Rhodesia northern scup northern sea robin Northern Shoshone northern shrike northern snakehead Northern snow bedstraw Northern Sotho Northern Sporades Northern Spy northern storm petrel Northern Territories Northern Territory northern white cedar northern whiting northern woodsia northerner Northernly northernmost northernness northing northland Northlander Northman northmost Northness Northrop Northrop Frye Northumberland Northumberland Strait Northumbria			Northern Sea Route Northern Sea Route Northern Sea Route Northern Sealion Northern Securities Co. v. US Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw Northern Sei Whale Northern Sei Whale Northern Shen-si Northern Shen-si Northern Shenandoah Valley Audubon Society Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission Northern short-tailed sheep Northern Short-tailed Shrew Northern Shoshone Northern Shoveler Northern Shoveler northern shrike northern shrike Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District Northern Sierra Rural Health Network Northern Silviculture Committee Northern Sinai Northern Sinai Agricultural Development Program Northern Site Services Ltd Northern Sky Research Northern Sky Variability Survey Northern sledge dogs Northern sledge dogs Northern Slope of Alaska northern snakehead Northern snow bedstraw Northern Society for Creative Anachronism Northern Society of Decembrists Northern Society of Oilfield Contractors & Service Firms Northern Softwood Lumber Bureau Northern Solano County Association of REALTORS Northern Somerset County Target Association Northern Song Dynasty Northern Song Dynasty Northern Song Dynasty Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District Northern Sotho Northern Sotho language Northern Sotho language Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association northern sparrowhawks northern sparrowhawks Northern Spice Bush Northern Spirit Fishing Experience Northern Sporades Northern Sporades Northern Sport Karate Association Northern Sport, Culture and Recreation District Northern Sportsman's Network Northern Spotted Owl Northern spring peeper Northern spring peeper Northern Spy Northern Spy (apple) Northern Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue

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