Stone Moroko
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Image Credit: Seotaro
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Currently not found in Michigan
Identification:
Habitat: Prefer well vegetated ponds, small lakes, and small channels
Diet: Small insects, plant material, fish, fish eggs, and planktonic crustaceans
Native Range: East Asia
Local Concern: Stone moroko compete with farmed fish species for food, consume native juvenile fishes, act as a vector for infectious
fish diseases, and contribute to eutrophic conditions.
Potential Means of Introduction: Aquaculture release
NOTE: Information about this invasive speices was compiled from Michigan's Invasive Species webpage:
www.michigan.gov/invasives/0,5664,7-324-68002_73845-368743--,00.html
Identification:
- Yellowish-green to silver body color
- Approximately 8 cm long
- Superior and transverse mouth
- Pale yellow fins, dorsal fin has darker stripe
- Young individuals have a dark stripe along the side
Habitat: Prefer well vegetated ponds, small lakes, and small channels
Diet: Small insects, plant material, fish, fish eggs, and planktonic crustaceans
Native Range: East Asia
Local Concern: Stone moroko compete with farmed fish species for food, consume native juvenile fishes, act as a vector for infectious
fish diseases, and contribute to eutrophic conditions.
Potential Means of Introduction: Aquaculture release
NOTE: Information about this invasive speices was compiled from Michigan's Invasive Species webpage:
www.michigan.gov/invasives/0,5664,7-324-68002_73845-368743--,00.html
