Diet and Eating Habits
In the wild, this creature is omnivorous; it feeds on smaller fish, molluscs and other invertebrates as well as detritus and aquatic weeds. It is a voracious eater which consumes food rapidly and in this habit it is a particularly harmful invasive species.
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