THE NAME OF THIS ANIMAL IS CALLED THE LIONFISH

THE LIONFISH CAME FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

Golden crab trap fisherman, Richard Nielsen, fishing off Dania, Florida caught one lionfish in October 1985. The next report of lionfish was after hurricane Andrew (1992) when a large aquarium, reportedly on a waterfront porch above a seawall at the edge of Biscayne Bay, Florida, broke and released six red lionfish. These six lionfish were observed alive in Biscayne Bay several days later. In a 1995 report, several lionfish were observed by divers off Palm Beach and Boca Raton, Florida; a hook-and-line fisherman caught one from Lake Worth Pier, Palm Beach County, Florida.

THE LIONFISH IS INVADING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN