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Invasive Species
C.E. Fish Essentials

Aggressive interactions during feeding between native and invasive freshwater turtles – Polo-Cavia et al 2011

The red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) is a worldwide highly invasive species, currently introduced in most freshwater habitats as a consequence of massive pet trade. In the Iberian Peninsula, this species is competing with and displacing the endangered native Spanish terrapin (Mauremys leprosa). Sliders are considered environmentally aggressive turtles, capable

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Invasive Species
C.E. Fish Essentials

The establishment and impact of Pseudorasbora parva, an exotic fish species introduced into Lake Mikri Prespa (north-western Greece) – Rosecchi et al 1993

The topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva Schlegel, 1842, a south-east asian cyprinid, was introduced accidentally in the Danube Delta in Romania in the 1960s and has now achieved a pan-Danu-bian distribution. P. parva has been introduced into other countries, such as Greece, usually inadvertently included with other species imported for fish

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