Fish of the Week: Devil Lionfish (Pterois miles)
1 2020-05-22 by psharks
One of my personal favorite sea creatures, the Devil Lionfish.
These fish are also known as the common lionfish and are part of the ray-finned fish species.
The Devil Lionfish are an invasive species and have damaged many reefs in the Caribbean and Mexico. As predators, they are able to severely impact the fish population in a reef. They have little to no predators because of their venomous spines which leads problems like these.
The Common Lionfish is naturally native to the Indian Ocean. It is believed that Lionfish were introduced to other habitats such as the Americas and Caribbean in the 1990s during an aquarium trade. They were fist spotted in the mid-late 2000s in these areas.
They are a nocturnal species. Adults will travel alone while juveniles will stay in groups. Their diet consists of other small fish and crustaceans.
Lionfish can be deadly to humans if a sting is not treating properly and promptly.
13 comments
3 arcticlizard7 2020-05-22
Wiki says sharks and big grouper eat them., as well as morays. Wish they’d do a better job so we didn’t have to rely on spear fishing them.
2 psharks 2020-05-22
I agree, even with that the spines have a chance to kill the shark or grouper from the inside.
1 SnapshillBot 2020-05-22
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1 theallspice 2020-05-22
why do you like it
1 psharks 2020-05-22
they look very cool
1 theallspice 2020-05-22
fax
1 [deleted] 2020-05-22
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1 Captain-Tripps 2020-05-22
I want to spear one of those fuckers and eat it so bad.
1 CZ_Wears_PRODa 2020-05-22
So do it lmao. I'm not sure if I dislike these or purple urchins more
1 Captain-Tripps 2020-05-22
ARE THEY ALSO EDIBLE AND SOMEWHAT DELICIOUS?! I am inland pleb, but I am literally trying to plan an entire trip around eating invasive species in about three-ish years.
1 CZ_Wears_PRODa 2020-05-22
You ever seen a video of an otter smashing that shit and eating it raw? If you take off your weight belt you can do it pretty easy.
They taste aite I suppose. It depends on the urchin. You want a gold color compared to a kindof bland yellow. I smash alot more than I eat mostly because fuckem. The effort/reward is worth it in my opinion.
If you planned Monterey, go north about 4 hours to ft bragg area. Dont bother with sonoma/marin visibility is usually ass. The shelf gets steeper and theres alot less sand and silt in those areas
1 pvijay187 2020-05-22
They need to perform exorcision on these fish
1 NSAyyylmao 2020-05-22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1yM2wOGNE8