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General Category => News Views & Press Releases => Topic started by: Editor on September 01, 2015, 04:00:09 PM
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Wrasse in Lake Crescent?
In early May IFS was notified of numerous fish scales near the Lake Crescent boat ramp that resembled those from a carp. Obviously this caused great concern as the last carp removed from this lake was in 2007 and there had been no signs since.
The scales were collected and underwent a DNA analysis which identified the scales were from a saltwater fish known as a purple wrasse (Notolabrus fucicola)! This species of fish has large rounded scales very similar to a carp and when dried look almost identical.
Source: Wrasse in Lake Crescent? (http://www.ifs.tas.gov.au/news/wrasse-in-lake-crescent)