How to Identify Silver and Bighead Carp

The Great Lakes & Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) shared this video on their Facebook page. It's from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region, and shows how to identify silver and bighead carp, using grass and common carp as points of comparison. 

Bighead and silver carp are only two of 39 aquatic nuisance species of concern for potential transfer between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins.