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Oh don't worry, there are a wide range of reasonably sized shark-based lafrikin-lazer platforms available for deployment. Everything ftom Shoulder-mounted (rocket launcher style) and rifle sized to this guy, who could be a nice frikin-lazer-based sidearm...

Also, this one may be a bit big for mobile deployment, but can you imagine one of them with a friken lazer beem on his forehead?

Well, according to this, their known range extends from Angola to the Congo River Basin. So no, they are not confined to just one country or territory, but are spread out amoung several countries. And considering the conflict in that region, that list could easily change any day.

Check out PhishBase for a deeper peek. Uh, hey? What am I thinking?

Peter Forsskål was a Swedish scientist, who was part of the scientific expedition funded by Frederick V of Denmark. The expedition visited Arabia and the Red Sea in the 18th century, Forsskål did a very meticulous and systematic taxonomy of the sea life in that part of the world, including many fish species previously unknown to science.

Forsskål followed a very easy and consistent system, he used the common name in Arabic of the fish as the species name. For example:

• The Greasy or Spotted Grouper Epinephelus tauvina is known as taweena in Arabic (being a Swede, the V was a W).
• The Summan Grouper Epinephelus summana is summana.
• The Grey Mullet Valamugil seheli is called Seheli in Arabic.

Forsskål died in Yemen in 1763, as well as others who accompanied the expedition, Carsten Niebuhr being the only survivor .

His work was published posthoumously by Neibuhr in 1775, a full 12 years after Forskaal's death.

Many of the fish in the Red Sea today still have Forsskål on their taxonomy name. Reminds me of that guy every time I look them up in a book, or on Fishbase.

Peter Forsskål was a Swedish scientist, who was part of the scientific expedition funded by Frederick V of Denmark. The expedition visited Arabia and the Red Sea in the 18th century, Forsskål did a very meticulous and systematic taxonomy of the sea life in that part of the world, including many fish species previously unknown to science.

Forsskål followed a very easy and consistent system, he used the common name in Arabic of the fish as the species name. For example:

• The Greasy or Spotted Grouper Epinephelus tauvina is known as taweena in Arabic (being a Swede, the V was a W).
• The Summan Grouper Epinephelus summana is summana.
• The Grey Mullet Valamugil seheli is called Seheli in Arabic.

Forsskål died in Yemen in 1763, as well as others who accompanied the expedition, Carsten Niebuhr being the only survivor .

His work was published posthoumously by Neibuhr in 1775, a full 12 years after Forskaal's death.

Many of the fish in the Red Sea today still have Forsskål on their taxonomy name. Reminds me of that guy every time I look them up in a book, or on Fishbase.

Peter Forsskål was a Swedish scientist, who was part of the scientific expedition funded by Frederick V of Denmark. The expedition visited Arabia and the Red Sea in the 18th century, Forsskål did a very meticulous and systematic taxonomy of the sea life in that part of the world, including many fish species previously unknown to science.

Forsskål followed a very easy and consistent system, he used the common name in Arabic of the fish as the species name. For example:

• The Greasy or Spotted Grouper Epinephelus tauvina is known as taweena in Arabic (being a Swede, the V was a W).
• The Summan Grouper Epinephelus summana is summana.
• The Grey Mullet Valamugil seheli is called Seheli in Arabic.

Forsskål died in Yemen in 1763, as well as others who accompanied the expedition, Carsten Niebuhr being the only survivor .

His work was published posthoumously by Neibuhr in 1775, a full 12 years after Forskaal's death.

Many of the fish in the Red Sea today still have Forsskål on their taxonomy name. Reminds me of that guy every time I look them up in a book, or on Fishbase.

There is a fish - found in New Zealands' Fjordland (Milford Sound, and surrounding Fjords), which has been given the name "Fiordichthys slartibartfasti" - after Slartibartfast - the award-winning Fjord designer in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker books.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm ?id=56407

"perch and bass" are not native in Australia. Perches are found in Europe, North America, and northern Asia. Bass are found in North America only.

For a better fish context - see Fishbase.

So, what do I care if one introduced fish species eradicates other introduced.

I recently did a project on various species of fish, and we got most of our data from Fishbase, which has, among other pieces of information, how the fish can be cooked.

Actually, there are 28,000 species known.

Check FishBase for the complete listing and all synonyms.