Presence
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| Distribution description | First Introduction in the Atlantic Ocean was from the eastern coast of Florida, from there it has spread all over the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Atlantic coast of America. |
| Notes on presence status | The first records of Bonaire and Curaçao where reported in 2009. Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten have been invaded in 2010. Injuries by Lionfish have been recorded from Aruba (report from 2015). |
Publications
- Ali, F. 2011. Understanding the Lionfish Invasion in Bonaire to develop the best strategy for Trinidad and Tobago. Proceedings of the 64th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 57-64.
- Beek, I.J.M. van, Meesters, E.H.W.G. 2013. Saba Bank research expedition 2011 - Progress report. 46 pp. IMARES, Wageningen UR.
- Beek, I.J.M. van, Meesters, E.H.W.G. 2014. Saba Bank research expedition 2013 - Progress report. 45 pp. IMARES, Wageningen UR.
- Carballo-Cárdenas, E.C., Tobi, H. 2016. Citizen science regarding invasive lionfish in Dutch Caribbean MPAs: Drivers and barriers to participation. Ocean & Coastal Management 133: 114-127.
- Davies, M, Piontek, S. 2017. The marine fishes of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean. Marine Biodiversity 47: 27-35. [link]
- Haddad, V., Stolf, H.O., Risk, J.Y., França, F.O.S., Cardoso, J.L.C. 2015. Report of 15 injuries caused by lionfish (pterois volitans) in aquarists in Brazil: a critical assessment of the severity of envenomations. Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 21(8). [link]
- Madden, H. 2015. Invasive species of St. Eustatius. 39 pp. STENAPA.
- Schofield, P.J. 2010. Update on geographic spread of invasive lionfishes (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus, 1758] and P. miles [Bennett, 1828]) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Invasions 5 (suppl. 1): 117-122.
- Wilcox, C.L., Motomura, H., Matsunuma, M., Bowen, B.W. 2018. Phylogeography of Lionfishes (Pterois) Indicate Taxonomic Over Splitting and Hybrid Origin of the Invasive Pterois volitans. Journal of Heredity 109(2): 162-175.