'Frankenfish' found in Central Pa. creek, raises concerns for Fish and Boat Commission
The northern snakehead was found in a creek that flows into the Susquehanna River.
Teresa Boeckel
UPDATE:Advice if you find a 'Frankenfish' in central Pa.: Fry it up
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An angler in Lancaster County recently reeled in a 25-inch northern snakehead, which also are referred to as "frankenfish" and "fishzilla," according to Lancaster Online.
Mark Mabry caught the fish in the Octoraro Creek, which flows into the Susquehanna River, and it marks the first confirmed appearance of the foreign invader in Lancaster County, Lancaster Online reported.
“It was the first one I’d ever seen, but I knew right away what it was,” Mabry told the newspaper.
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The northern snakehead is native to China, Russia and Korea and has received the monikers for its "snakelike heads, mouthfuls of sharp teeth, predatory nature and their ability to breathe air," Lancaster Online says. The first one caught in the United States was in a pond south of Baltimore in 2002.
Read the full report here.
