Ecosystem Summary - Giuris margaritaceus
Giuris margaritaceus in Lake Lanao
 
Reference no. Bleher, H., 1994
Ecosystem Lake Lanao
Status introduced
Abundance
Lifestage adults
Regional database
Remarks Caused the extinction of 17 endemic cyprinids through the heavy predation by the species which was inadvertently stocked in the lake with Nile tilapia fingerlings coming from a government hatchery in Surigao del Norte (Ref. 48328).
(e.g. oophagy)
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