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Scientists make shocking discovery after interviewing fishermen at Panama Canal: 'We'll just keep running out of them'

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Fish from the Atlantic and Pacific have increased in Panama Canal's Lake Gatún since the canal's expansion.

Fish from these species are replacing peacock bass and tilapia, two freshwater fish that local people rely on for food.

Scientists worry that some species, like the venomous lionfish from the Caribbean , could swim through to the Pacific Ocean .

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English

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