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Lionfish Found Around Anna Maria Island

Sunday, August 8, 2010 21:30 No Comments

A lionfish, the species of venomous marine fish in the genera Pterois, Parapterois, Brachypterois, Ebosia or Dendrochirus, of the family Scorpaenidae was captured by a scuba diver last Thursday off Anna Maria Island, giving a bad sign to marine biologists that the non-native species could establish itself. The lionfish is a greedy predator that not [...]

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