Lion Fish

Physical adaptations

• When a predator tries to eat the lion fish it has prickles that when the predator makes contact with it it poisons it and the creature dies instantly.
• It also expand its body wide enough so that the prey cant escape.

Behavioral adaptations

• It expands its body to close in prey to a corner so it catch and eat its prey fast and easily
• It also has stripes along its body to help hide itself and warn predators that its poisonous.

Common name

• Red lion Fish
• Zebra fish
• Turkey fish
• Butterfly cod

Scientific name

• Pterois

Where it lives

• All Lion Fish live in the Sunlight zone of the ocean.
• They live in the pacific ocean but because of pet owners not wanting their lion fish they dump them in the Atlantic ocean where they are becoming invasive.
• Avg. depth- 200m
• Avg. light- extends 200m
• Avg. Temp.- 104 to 27 degrees f.
• Plant life- Phytoplankton & Coral
• Animals-Sharks, Sea turtle, Dolphin,

Human impact

• Bringing it to the Atlantic ocean (bad)
• Pollution (bad)
• Not over fishing (good)

Food web

• Eats- small and big fish
• Eats it- Sharks, Humans, Moral eels, Blue spotted cornet fish.