Florida Oscar Oscars are tropical fish, preferring warm waters with a neutral pH. They thrive in temperatures between 74 and ...

Oscar. A long-time Florida feature, the Oscar is another South American fish that has made its home here in Southwest Florida. "Most successful in canals running through marsh habitats, ...

I don’t want to deal with this oscar fish, so I’ll just go dump it in the canal.’” Oscars, which are dark brown with lovely orange flecks across their flanks, are from the Amazon basin.

Southwest Florida beaches are littered with various sizes of fish and eels-- all dead-- that washed ashore following a red tide that has been reported along the once pristine beaches. Following ...