If you find this fish in South Carolina you should kill it immediately, according to the Department of Natural Resources.

The long, thin fish has a dark brown blotchy appearance and can grow up to three feet in length. It can also breathe air, and survive in low oxygenated systems, including on land, officials said.

The long, thin fish that looks similar to a bowfin can be harmful to wildlife because it can out-compete, or later displace, other species in the water, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Wild Horizons / Universal Images Group via Getty Images In the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, long and thin trumpetfish have ... “Although fish biologists have known about this for ...

There are invasive species and then there’s the northern snakehead, a fish so loathed, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources says in bold capital letters: DO NOT RELEASE ...