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It sounds like gar like Asian carp, which would include goldfish. For some areas, maybe gar would work:
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/asian_carp_being_eaten_by_native_fish_new_studies_find
It sounds like the limiting factor is mostly that once a carp gets big enough, some fish can't eat it, but some types of gar apparently get really big.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gar
Well, that is interesting! I live on Lake Superior and we've got gar in the streams that come off the lake but I hadn't heard that they go for Asian Carp.