Exotic Fishes and Invertebrates of Southwest Florida

Blue Tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) African Jewelfish, female (Hemichromis letourneaux) Mayan , adult male in breeding color Spotted Tilapia, adult (Tilapia mariae) () Black Acara (Cichalasoma bimaculatum) FAMILY: Cichlidae. To 14 inches. FAMILY: Cichlidae. To 8 inches. (Cichlasoma urophthalmus). FAMILY: Cichlidae. To 13 inches. FAMILY: Cichlidae. To 25 inches. FAMILY: Cichlidae. To 4 inches. FAMILY: Chichlidae. To 15 inches.

Blue Tilapia, juvenile (Oreochromis aureus) Spotted Tilapia, juvenile (Tilapia mariae) Peacock Bass, juvenile (Cichla ocellaris) Oscar ( ocellatus) FAMILY: Cichlidae African Jewelfish, male (Hemichromis letourneaux) FAMILY: Cichlidae FAMILY: Cichlidae FAMILY: Cichlidae. To 15 inches. FAMILY: Cichlidae Mayan Cichlid, juvenile (Cichlasoma urophthalmus) FAMILY: Cichlidae

Brown Hoplo, juvenile (Hoplosternum littorale) Brown Hoplo, (Hoplosternum littorale) Orinoco Sailfin (Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus) Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus) Blackchin Tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron) FAMILY: Callichthyidae FAMILY: Callichthyidae. To 10 inches. FAMILY: Loricariidae. To 27 inches. Convict Cichlid (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum) FAMILY: Clariidae. To 12 inches. FAMILY: Cichlidae. To 10 inches. FAMILY: Cichlidae. To 5 inches.

Grass Carp, juvenile (Ctenopharyngodon idella) FAMILY: Cyprinidae. To 5 feet. Pike Killifish (Belonesox belizanus) Red-bellied Pacu (Piaractus brachypomus) FAMILY: Poecillidae. To 6 inches. FAMILY: Characidae. To 35 inches. Brown Hoplo egg nests

Island Apple Snail albino form (Pomacea insularum)

Golden Horn Marisa (Marisa cornuarietus) Asiatic Clam (Corbicula fluminea)

Red-bellied Pacu, juvenile (Piaractus brachypomus) Brown Hoplo egg mass extracted from nest FAMILY: Characidae.

Island Apple Snail (Pomacea insularum)

Asian Green Mussel (Perna viridis) Chinese Mystery Snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis)

Red-rimmed Melania (Melanoides tuberculata) Orinoco Sailfin Catfish burrows in river bank Copyright 2009, John R. Cassani, Jr. Apple snail eggs. Island apple snail (left), Native apple snail eggs on right.