Lionfish in the Caribbean

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RE Lion fish in pairs near Gitmo... I have not seen anything published on this, but definitely noticed that most of them were in pairs in a niche on the reef wall at San Salvador, Bahamas. Wonder why... are they mated pairs?

As for their being in Cuba for years... not too many years. They just reached that area recently. Now spreading south and presumably will soon reach the S. and E. Caribbean.

They have already reached the southern Caribbean, we have them here on the Caribbean coast of Panama.
 
It is so hard to watch this invasion that is in the process of substantially altering the balance of reef lif, and feel so helpless to stop it. Creating an appetite for for the meat of these aliens is at least a step in the right direction, even if by itself it is not a complete solution.
 

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