Lionfish solution import more scorpionfish.

[vladimir]

I recall that a mongoose was released in, I believe, Hawaii to contend with an exotic. Supposedly, it set up a truce with its fellow exotic and they both proceeded to lay waste to the endemic species. Well, it was a good idea.

Yes, the exotic they sought to control was the rat, which was a drain on sugar plantation profits. The mongooses were imported from Jamaica, where they were already in use for rat control, having been imported from India ten years prior. They will eat the occasional rat--even though rats are nocturnal and mongooses are diurnal--but they did far more harm to indigenous species, particularly birds who lay their eggs on the ground.

 

[emoreira]

I don´t know if the scorpion fish is an original specie of the caribean sea.
It's quite dangerous to combat an alien specie with another alien specie

 

[ZenDiver.3D]

Most scorpion fishes live on or near the bottom. They lie in crevices, in caves and under overhangs. Range: Red Sea , pacific ocean to Australia, Hawaii. A few scorpionfishes (no lionfishes or stonefishes) live in the Caribbean. At least not naturally. Now, we have lionfish. We absolutely cannot introduce the stonefish and larger variety of scorpionfish to combat the lionfish. They are also voracious eaters and have venomous dorsal spines. Same problem times two.

 

[Kukuisa]

Scorpionfish are a common species in the Caribbean. Every dive we see at least more than one, mostly Spotted Scorpionfish.

K.

 

[ZenDiver.3D]

Scorpionfish are a common species in the Caribbbean. Every dive we see at least more than one, mostly Spotted Scorpionfish.

K.

Then there is no need to import Asian Varities that are not indigenous. ijs

 

[Korsu]

The Caribbean has plenty of Scorpionfish, genus Scorpaena. There are several Pacific Scorpionfish
with genus Scorpaenodes likely being the most common. The OP looks like a Devil Scorpionfish, scorpaenopsis diabolus. So lots of things get called Scorpionfish.
Not sure if there is any documentation of the Caribbean variety eating Lionfish but in general they will take anything that fits.
Makes one think that in the long run maybe nature will solve the problem, but again how soon and at what cost.