Industry and Investment NSW Aquatic Biosecurity and Risk Management acting manager Melissa Walker said pearl cichlids or pearl eartheaters (Geophagus braziliensis), were reported in Murwillumbah and Uki in late 2008.
“In recent months we’ve received new reports of the pest fish being spotted near Dum Dum on the Tweed River and again at Doon Doon Creek, below Clarrie Hall Dam, on a tributary of the Tweed River.”
Ms Walker said there were concerns about the impacts the pearl cichlid would have if it became more widespread in the river system.
