Mylopharyngodon piceus
•March 2003 first specimen captured in the wild
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•Caught by commercial fisherman in Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County, Illinois
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•Triploid specimen
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•Native of eastern Asia
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•Molluscivore
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•First imported incidentally with grass carp shipments, later as a food fish and biocontrol for a catfish parasite
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•Escapes from a Missouri farm in 1994 Missouri but none recaptured