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Red dot is when the populations of sharks and fish will remain unchanged.

the equilibrium points are $x=y=0$  and  $x=2, y=0.5$

Other factors

  • The predators only get food by eating the prey
  • The environment does not change to favour one species and genetic evolution is slow