[(Title)] ‘Frankenfish’ sighting in Pennsylvania could spell disaster for local ecology — RT US News.

News of a particularly unfriendly species of fish – known colloquially as  "frankenfish"  – being spotted in a Pennsylvania county has sparked concern among officials that the voracious predators could disrupt the local ecology.

有关在宾夕法尼亚州州发现的一种特别不友好的鱼种的消息引起了官员们的关注，这种贪婪的捕食者可能破坏当地的生态。

The northern snakehead is an aggressive species that typically eats other fish.

这种北方的蛇头鱼是一种具有侵略性的物种，通常吃其他鱼。

Nicknamed the  "frankenfish,"  the invasive species could wreak havoc on the environment if it's allowed to spread, according to a fact sheet on the species authored by the US Geological Survey.

根据美国地质调查局撰写的关于该物种的实况介绍，如果该物种被允许传播，这种入侵物种可能会对环境造成破坏。

"Should snakeheads become established in North American ecosystems, their predatory behavior could drastically disrupt food webs and ecological conditions, thus forever changing native aquatic systems by modifying the array of native species,"  the agency wrote of the bloodthirsty fish.

“如果蛇头鱼在北美生态系统中建立起来，它们的捕食行为可能会彻底破坏食物网和生态条件，从而通过改变本地物种的数量永久地改变本地水生系统，”该机构对这种嗜血鱼类如此描述。

The cannibalistic ecology-wrecker has no lack of scary features.

这种食肉的生态破坏者有着可怕的特征。

For one, it is said to be able to  "walk"  on land – although it's actually more like wriggling or snake-like slithering and it mostly does so to get back to water, not to crawl into your house and murder you while you sleep.

首先，据说它能够在陆地上“走”，虽然它实际上更像是扭动或是像蛇一样前行，它大多是为了回到水中，而不是在睡觉时爬进你的房子，谋杀你。

The snakehead's young are also believed to start their lives by feeding on their mother, while it's still weak and incapable of hunting.

幼年的蛇头鱼据称也是通过母亲喂食来开始自己的生活，而它仍然虚弱无力，不能捕猎。

Snakeheads are survivors, capable of breathing on land for several days and weathering low-oxygen environments.

蛇头鱼有很强的的生命力，能够在陆地上呼吸几天，并能在低氧环境下存货。

The particular kind now caught in Lancaster County is native to China, Russia and Korea, but snakeheads were imported into the United States in the early 2000s.

目前在兰卡斯特乡下被捕的品种原产于中国、俄罗斯和韩国，但是这种蛇头鱼在2000年代初被进口到了美国。

"They have teeth, and they are a fish eater.

“它们有牙齿，而且它们吃其他鱼。

They're an aggressive predator, and they guard their young and so any fish that guards its young usually has a high rate of successful reproduction,"  Andy Shields,

它们是一种侵略性的捕食者，他们守护他们幼小的鱼，所以看守它的幼仔通常有很高的成功繁殖率，"安迪·希塞尔兹说。

the director for the Bureau of Fisheries with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, told WPMT, a local Fox affiliate.  "We don't really know what their effect or impact is in Pennsylvania other than we have them in places where we haven't and people catch them."

这位宾夕法尼亚州渔船委员会渔业局局长告诉当地福克斯分公司WPMT，“我们真的不知道他们在宾夕法尼亚州的影响或效果，除了我们，不知道是否有人在其他地方抓到过它们。”