TY - BOOK ID - 77923856 TI - The invasive lionfish AU - Sullivan, Harris A AU - McCreedy, Cliff AU - Morris, James A PY - 2013 SN - 1629481157 9781629481159 9781629481142 1629481149 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - Poisonous fishes KW - Poisonous fishes. KW - Venomous fishes KW - Dangerous fishes KW - Fishes KW - Marine toxins KW - Poisonous animals KW - Control UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77923856 AB - Venomous Indo-Pacific lionfish (Pterois miles and P. volitans) are now established along the Southeast U.S.A. and parts of the Caribbean and pose a serious threat to reef fish communities of these regions. Lionfish are likely to invade the Gulf of Mexico and potentially South America in the near future. Introductions of lionfish were noted since the 1980s along south Florida and by 2000 lionfish were established off the coast of North Carolina. Lionfish are now one of the more numerous predatory reef fishes at some locations off the Southeast U.S.A. and Caribbean. Lionfish are largely piscivor ER -