some interesting facts about Lionfish include...
Lionfish are on the kill on sight list
- Lionfish are deady to both Humans, and other seacreatures
- They can carry ciguatera which can cause you to get nautoious and cause you to vomit
They cause additional stress to the coral reefs/any ecosystems
- The Lionfish are dangerous preditors of the sea because they have the ability to kill other fish while, a fish would die trying to eat it due to poisonous scales
Female Lionfish lay about 2 million eggs per year
- Around 10,000 to 30,000 eggs per 4 day cycle
- This is another reason why Lionfish are a kill on sight they are dangerous and reproduce very rapidly.
Source:
Aquarium.ucsd.edu