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The red lionfish is found off the East Coast and Gulf Coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea, and was likely first introduced off the Florida coast by the early to mid-1980s. [46] This introduction may have occurred in 1992 when Hurricane Andrew destroyed an aquarium in southern Florida, releasing six lionfish into Biscayne Bay. [47]
Dendrochirus brachypterus, the dwarf lionfish, short-finned turkeyfish, shortspine rockcod or shortspine scorpionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and lionfishes. It is found in the Indo-Pacific. It is sometimes found in the aquarium trade.
Florida's aquatic ecosystem will be undergoing some major changes, and it's all thanks to research done by a 13-year-old. While fishing with her marine biologist father, The Palm Beach Post ...
One of the Florida Keys' most ecologically damaging invasive species is the lionfish. First discovered as an introduced species in 2009, [5] the lionfish population affects the original flora and fauna of the Florida Keys in three major ways. The lionfish has an appetite for native fish and crustaceans and is able to spawn year-round.
Pterois antennata, the spotfin lionfish, banded lionfish, broadbarred lionfish, broadbarred firefish, raggedfinned firefish, raggedfinned scorpionfish or roughscaled lionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and lionfishes.
Devil lionfish: Pterois mombasae: Caution: 20 cm (7.9 in) Fu Man Chu lionfish: Dendrochirus biocellatus: Caution: 13.0 cm (5.1 in) [75] Fuzzy dwarf lionfish: Dendrochirus brachypterus: Caution: Carnivore; Males 6< stripes on pectoral fin females >6: 18 cm (7.1 in) Green lionfish: Dendrochirus barberi: Caution: 16.5 cm (6.5 in) Radiata lionfish ...
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