Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
The Silver Carp or Hypophthalmichthys molitrix is one of the species of Asian Carp that is threatening to invade and devastate The Great Lakes. The Silver Carp along with the Bighead Carp where introduced by Catfish farmers in the 1970s to help control algae. Floods in the 1990s overflowed the ponds that kept these freshwater fish secured and they made their way into the Mississippi River basin