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They have a lot of names too. Lionfish, Zebrafish, Firefish, Turkeyfish, Devil Firefish, Scorpion Volitans, Peacock Lionfish, Butterfly Cod... But it's all the same fish!
They've been recorded to eat over 40 different species of reef fishes, along with molluscs, crustaceans, and even other Lionfishes, by herding their prey until they're cornered and then sucking them up like a vacuum. They've got a big appetite too! In densely invaded areas, they can consume about 460.000 prey fish per year! A single female Lionfish can produce around 2 million eggs per year too. Get all these facts together with how they don't have natural predators in the invaded areas, and it equals absolute chaos for the invaded reefs!
Lots of places hold events and competitions for divers to hunt for them, in an effort to keep their population as down as possible in the invaded areas. Being venomous and not poisonous also means that they can be eaten after having the venom sacs safely removed, so there's at least that!
one of your most invasive fish please
The first creature to come for mind, and for good reason
You get an Common Lionfish
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Indischer Rotfeuerfisch / common lionfish or devil firefish / Pteriois miles / Errough - Hurghada - Red Sea / Aquarius Diving Club
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Indischer Rotfeuerfisch / common lionfish or devil firefish / Pteriois miles / Fanus East - Hurghada - Red Sea / Aquarius Diving Club
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Indischer Rotfeuerfisch / common lionfish or devil firefish / Pteriois miles / Errough - Hurghada - Red Sea / Aquarius Diving Club
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The devil firefish - his venom could be fatal to humans. He is mainly nocturnal and may hide in crevices during the daytime. The fish grows up to 35 cm (14 in) in length. The dorsal fin has 13 long, strong spines and 9-11 soft rays, and the anal fin has three long spines and six or seven soft rays. Living in the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, near South Africa, and Indonesia he also recently been reported in the eastern and central Mediterranean Sea.
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