has reported positive effects of the peacock bass introduction into Florida. This author found a
correlation between the abundance of peacock bass and that of native redear sunfish Lepomis microlophus and largemouth bass,
Micropterus salmoides, where peacock bass were introduced. He attributed this increase of native fish to the decline of nonindigenous
fish on which the peacock bass feeds. Nonetheless, it is clear that this large, piscivorus fish can significantly impact the
environments it inhabits. If peacock bass continue to expand their range throughout southern Florida, faunas of less altered waters,
such as those of the Everglades, could be at risk