The Rio Grande Cichlid, discovered in Lake Pontchartrain and canals in the New Orleans area in the 1990s, may pose a threat to native fish through competition for resources and by the parasites that it harbors Photo USGS, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Futher Reading USGS, Nonindigenous Aquatic SpeciesWent to one of the local canals with live night crawlers in search for rio grande cichlid I caught about ten before they stopped biting they seemed to be onThe Rio Grande cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) has been established in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area (GNOMA) for at least years It is often the most common fish species in urban canals and has also been found in natural waterways outside of the GNOMA The effects and potential for further spread of H cyanoguttatus is uncertain My
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