The Economic Times

In 2002, a Maryland angler caught a fish unlike anything he had seen before. The discovery sparked panic, inspired horror movies and the snakehead species became one of America's most notorious invasive fish

A strange fish caught in a Maryland pond in 2002 soon became the center of a nationwide invasive species scare. The discovery of the northern snakehead raised concerns among wildlife officials, attracted intense media attention and even found its way into horror movies. But the story of the fish that once terrified the public has become far more complicated over the years.