Lionfish caught in Florida

[likestofish]

People are not releasing them they are there naturally. Its simply nature

No not really the lionfish are indigeonus to the southeast asian coast.

 

[chrisdef15]

Unless it was dead and floating, you did not catch an angler by hand. There are pipefishes indigenous to Coney Island waters, as I seined some when working at the NYA.

??? Why do you say that? Here in Aus i have caught plenty of weird species exactly the way he is describing. Sargasum anglers are quite often found on the surface in seaweed.

 

[chrisdef15]

No not really the lionfish are indigeonus to the southeast asian coast.

I think he meant tides take baby fish all around the world. I live 1000km from the barrier reef yet every year plent of angels, lionfish, butterflies ect get washed all the way down past my house and then into Sydney harbour. Where most of them die. But thats nature.

 

[likestofish]

i dont think a lionfish baby could make around the horn of s america and get past the gulf stream to get into the gulf

 

[Louie]

Unless it was dead and floating, you did not catch an angler by hand. There are pipefishes indigenous to Coney Island waters, as I seined some when working at the NYA.

I have caught them in floating mats of seaweed not the type washed up on shore thats barren but still floating in the water only few feet out.
You take it shake it out in bucket of water and thats how I found more than one throughout the yrs I was looking for "ghost" shrimps which you find among small crabs (thats the most abundant life in the seaweed) .

 

[Louie]

i dont think a lionfish baby could make around the horn of s america and get past the gulf stream to get into the gulf

if they find them in NY why not Florida

 

[stotty]

Here we go again we had the Channa in the uk last week

 

[Acer]

No not really the lionfish are indigeonus to the southeast asian coast.

I'm sure it was released, but species do migrate. The ranges that we associate organisms with are just a snapshot at a certain time, they will and do change.

 

[Kdcarey]

there is no way a lionfish could make it around south africa(too cold imo) and is like to see a very slow moving lionfish cross the entire atlantic and survive

 

[Louie]

what about tiny lion fish fry?

If they catch them in NY as babies than cant fathom baby lions not winding up in Florida