Friday, March 28, 2008

Non-native lionfish invade Altantic and Caribbean

















From a post on The Plankton Forums at MarineBio.org:

The lionfish invasion of areas in the western Atlantic is becoming better documented. They are commonly seen in areas of the western and central Bahamas. Have they shown up in the southeastern Bahamas and/or Turks and Caicos yet?

Anyway, there is a video of the first lionfish I saw in these waters last summer off Bimini. There are additional images of several more near Fresh Creek, Andros shortly after that time.

You will find it under "Pacific Predator ..." at:
http://fksa.org/forumdisplay.php?f=92
Photo by Chip Baumberger/Marine Photobank

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