tarponchik
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I find this paper interesting. They used DNA fingerprinting to ID the remnants in the stomachs of 50 Lionfish from Sarasota area taken in 2016, and turned out that LF mostly consumed small gobies (2 species, 44.7% of the prey by numbers found), Sand Divers (16.3%), Sand Perch (14.3%), and Bridle Cardinalfish (12.2%), while damselfishes and grunts were found in smaller quantities. And among the crustaceans, Velvet Shrimp remnants were found in 3 stomachs. They confirmed previous findings that "nocturnal, small, shallow-bodied, solitary fishes found resting on or just above reefs [are] the most vulnerable to lionfish predation."