As if US waterways weren't teeming with enough invasive fish of late, a Texas angler caught a South American piranha relative with "human teeth" at a local lake on Sunday. The fish, dubbed a pacu ...

The a-pacu-lypse is upon us. As if US waterways weren’t teeming with enough invasive fish of late, a Texas angler caught a South American piranha relative with “human teeth” at a local lake ...

A young boy fishing at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area brought in an unusual catch this week: a South American freshwater fish that is a relative of the piranha. The pacu fish was caught at ...

An unusual invasive fish with chompers that bear an eerie resemblance to human teeth was reeled in from a Texas lake this week. Known as a pacu fish, the South American freshwater species are ...

Fish with human-like teeth discovered at Lake Meredith in Texas. Officials believe it was a pet that was released into the lake. By Priscilla Aguirre, Senior Trending Reporter Aug 28, 2024.

In 2018, Kennedy Smith, who was 11 at the time, caught a pacu in an Oklahoma lake that weighed around 1 pound ... Pacus are not the only fish with human-like teeth that appear in U.S. waters.

Unlike the jagged, sharp teeth of their piranha relatives, pacu “have teeth that look similar to human teeth,” officials said. Texas Parks and Wildlife officials said in 2012 a nearly 8-pound ...

In addition to Michigan, at least 26 other states in the U.S. have reported pacu captures in the wild, the DNR said. "Invasive species are extremely damaging -- to Michigan, the Great Lakes, even ...

A lot of the fish came in the mouths (of the tributaries) turned right around and went back out into the lake. They never ran up the creek. So this year is going to be a phenomenal year for steelhead.

OKLAHOMA CITY — An 11-year-old boy caught an invasive fish with human-like teeth while fishing in an Oklahoma pond over the weekend, prompting wildlife conservation officials to warn about ...