Brazil's First Lionfish Invader (IMAGE)

California Academy of Sciences

Brazil's First Lionfish Invader

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Lionfishes are prolific breeders made famous for threatening reef ecosystems outside their native Indo-Pacific distribution. This map shows where the first Pterois volitans individual was collected

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